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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10m 50-54 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 2.4 kHz (-6 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10m 50-54 MHz -
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   SSB   -
RF-output 200W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (110/240 V AC) ? 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 199x and 199x Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 350 × 160 × 300 mm
(13.78 × 6.30 × 11.81 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000501 CHEROKEE-AH-000050 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B