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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1 µV (30 dB S/N)
? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ± 6 kHz (- 6 dB)
± 12 kHz (-60 dB)
? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 2.5/0.3 W High: 50 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 5 W SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 5.5-13V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 20-100 mA Max 0.7 A 0.5 A
TX 700 mA Max 10 A 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x Between 1994 and 19xx Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 153 × 34 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.34 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PLL with thumbwheels. VOX ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000203R YAESU-FT-002200 YAESU-FT-000070