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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps ? ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146/148 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146/148 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m 2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 2 / 5 W SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 430 W (input) SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/100 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Max 12 V DC, NiCad battery Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 0.5 A
TX ? ? 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 19xx Between 197x and 1975 in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 55 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.17 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 430 gr (15.2 oz) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features High Impact case
Scan
LCD
Priority
Optional FTT-4 DTMF Pad (shown)
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000023R YAESU-FT-000401B YAESU-FT-000070