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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 40m  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) +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.1 / 1 kHz SSB/CW: 25 Hz, AM: 1 kHz, FM: 5 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 m (7.000-7.100 MHz) 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations CW   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) SSB/CW: 0.5 µV
AM: 2µV
FM: 0.7 µV (12 dB SINAD)
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) (-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
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion (SSB/CW/AM) Triple conversion (FM) Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.055 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection >50 dB better than 70 dB (1.5-30 MHz) ?
Audio output 2 W into 8 ohm 1.5 W 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 40 m (7.000-7.100 MHz) 1.5-30 MHz, except 7.6-9 and 23.527 ±50 kHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations CW   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output 60 W SSB/CW/FM: 100 W PEP, AM: 25 W 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.5 V DC ±10% 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 30 mA ? 400-600 mA
TX 7 A max ? 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx in Korea Between 198x and 19xx Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 150 × 55 × 260 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 10.24 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000007 YAESU-FT-000080C ALINCO-DR-000735E