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Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Man-Pack SSB Military Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 5 / 12.5 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - ? 25-549.950 / 760-1300 MHz (Europe and Australia)
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz ? -
Modulations All mode   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 1.5 kW / 1 kW ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 25-100Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. +48 V DC, +12 V DC and -12 V DC from separate VP-2000 PSU ? 6 V DC (NiCd battery pack) or 12 V DC external
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2011 and 201x in Japan Between 1966 and 19xx in United Kingdom Between 1995 and 199x in Philippines
Dimensions 482 × 177 × 508 mm
(18.98 × 6.97 × 20.00 in)
? 69 × 187 × 38 mm
(2.72 × 7.36 × 1.50 in)
Weight 24.50 kg (54.1 lbs) ? 370 gr (13.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 29 channels in 1 bank(s) 400 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Data skip
Attenuator
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-VL-002000 RACAL-TRA-006906 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC003000XLT