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Triband HT

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m - 136-174 / 220-260 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ? ≤ 0.2 µV
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? 12.5 kHz
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ≥ 65 dB
Audio output External speaker/headphones required ? > 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 50-54 MHz in 4 segments 144 MHz / 220 MHz / 440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) SSB/CW: 10 W PEP, AM: 2.5 W (4 W typical) 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50/120Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (117 V DC) 7.4 V DC
Current RX ? - 250 mA
TX ? ? 1.6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 1962 and 1965 in USA Between 2018 and 20xx
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
? 116 × 53 × 36 mm
(4.57 × 2.09 × 1.42 in)
Weight 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) ? 106 gr (3.7 oz) excl. battery and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None None 3000 channels in 32 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? VOX
CTCSS / DCS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FTDX-000400 HEATHKIT-HX-000030 TYT-TH-000350