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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability SSB/CW/AM: ±200 Hz, FM: ±300 Hz (0°C - 40°C) ? ?
Tuning steps SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.15-30 / 76-108 MHz 0.495–999.990MHz MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? 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
Selectivity (-6 dB / -60 dB)
SSB/CW(W)/AM(N): 2.2 / 5 kHz
CW(N): 0.5 / 1.8 kHz
AM(W): 6 / 14 kHz
? ?
Filters 500 Hz CW ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
? ?
Image rejection better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz) ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 144–146 / 430–440MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W ? 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SMA
Impedance 50Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 6V DC 5.5-11.5V DC
Current RX ? Max 40 mA ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 19xx Between 1978 and 1982 in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
194 × 118 × 32 mm
(7.64 × 4.65 × 1.26 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
Weight 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 595 gr (1.3 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000747GX SONY-ICF-007700 ICOM-IC-E000080D