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Desktop VHF Weather radio
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 162.400-162.550 MHz (fixed channels) 0.03-60 MHz 25 MHz - 3 GHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.3µV (12dB SINAD) ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 25kHz ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 Hz (300 Hz optional) 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz
Receiver system ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!)

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 200 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) + Built-in telescopic SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC or 6×AA Mains 12 - 16V DC
Current RX 200 mA ? 500 mA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 152 × 181 × 40 mm
(5.98 × 7.13 × 1.57 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
Weight 395 gr (13.9 oz) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 7 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-HAZARD-ALERT YAESU-FTDX005000 AOR-SR-002200