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HF Receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 420-470 MHz 28-29.7 / 50-54 / 108-180 / 320-480 / 700-958 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: Better than 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity +/- 1.5 kHz (-6 dB), +/-5 kHz (-50 dB) ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 8 tubes Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 58.05 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection Better than 50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 500 mW @ 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz 28-29.7 / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
28-29.7 / 50-54 / 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 5 / 2 / 1 / 0.1 W High: 50/50/50/35 W, Mid1: 20/20/20/20 W, Mid2: 10/10/10/10 W, Low: 5/5/5/5 W

Connections

Antenna - SMA SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 4-16V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX N/A Max 200 mA ?
TX - Max 1.5 A Max 8.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1966 and 196x in Japan Between 1995 and 20xx Between 2002 and 200x
Dimensions 334 × 153 × 262 mm
(13.15 × 6.02 × 10.31 in)
57 × 99 × 30 mm
(2.24 × 3.90 × 1.18 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) 325 gr (11.5 oz) with FNB-40 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/PL
DCS
ARTS
ARTS, CTCSS and DCS. WIRES-compatible (internet connection). 1200/9600 bps packet jack. Twin RX.
Accessories ? This transceiver could be equipped with four different keypads(!) ?
MPN YAESU-FR-000050 YAESU-FT-000040R YAESU-FT-008900R