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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system VXO, 3*XTAL/band. Tube final ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144–146 / 430–440MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output 20 W (PEP) 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W 15 / 25 / 50 / 100W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains depending on PSU 5.5-11.5V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 198x and 198x
Dimensions ? 58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
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Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) 80 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Large LCD
Internal and external antenna tuner options
Data Communications capable up to 300 bps AFSK / FSK
Optional Selective Call System (with optional KPE-1)
VOX capability
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000075 ICOM-IC-E000080D KENWOOD-TRC-000080