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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop SDR transceiver | 100 W | HF / 2 / 6m

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2600 MHz 0.09-65 / 95-148 MHz
Modulations AM   N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   All mode   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
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Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR
IF-freqs. ? Software defined
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 1W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 0-160 MHz
Modulations - All mode  
RF-output ? HF: 100 W, VHF: 30 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50/450Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.5V 15 % 12-15V DC or mains
Current RX Max 0.7 A 1 A
TX - 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in Japan Between 2013 and 201x in Russia
Dimensions 180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
320 × 140 × 250 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 9.84 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
7" LCD, 1280x800 pixels
HDMI connector for external display
2 USB connectors
RS-232 (serial) / RJ-45 (ethernet)
WiFi optional
GPS optional
ATU optional
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-VR-005000 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-SUNSDR-MB000001