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Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + CB and WWV/JJY 25-30 MHz 0.5-1000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   C4FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK
600 Hz (-6 dB)
1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB (15-160 m), ≥ 50 dB (10 m) ? ?
Audio output 3 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm ? 700 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 25-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM   C4FM  
RF-output SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W 40 W 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.5V DC ? 7.2 V DC
Current RX Max 1.1 A ? ?
TX Max 21 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 2004 and 200x Between 2019 and 202x
Dimensions 280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
165 × 60 × 290 mm
(6.50 × 2.36 × 11.42 in)
62 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.44 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 282 gr (10.0 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 11 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Optional XTAL controlled memories AM/FM/SSB Built-in bluetooth and GPS
APRS 1200/9600bps modem
Voice recorder
Micro SD card slot
Twin RX (V+V/V+U/U+U)
Band scope
320×240 dot matrix full color TFT touch screen
Wires-X
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000301D MAGNUM-OMEGAFORCE-S000045 YAESU-FT-000003DE