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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm/1 hour @25 °C, after warmup ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period ?
Tuning steps CW/SSB: 10 Hz, AM/FM/W-FM: 0.1 kHz 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-56 / 76-108 / 118-164 / 420-470 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz 0.5-40 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW (10 dB S/N): 0.2 µV (1.8-30 MHz), 0.125 µV (50-440 MHz)
AM (10 dB S/N): 32 µV (0.1-1.8 MHz), 2 µV (1.8-28 MHz), 1 µV (50-54 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.5 µV (28-30 MHz), 0.2 µV (50-440 MHz)
0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
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Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Optional filters will increase selectivity
250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz ?
Receiver system Double-Conversion Superheterodyne (SSB/CW/AM/FM) Superheterodyne (W-FM) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM); 10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 70 dB (HF/6 m), 60 dB (2/70 cm) ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W (@4 Ohms, 10% THD or less) Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC + 60m / 6m / 2m / 70cm - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW: 100/100/50/20 W, AM: 25/25/12.5/5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50-75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15%, optional FNB-78 13.2 V Ni-MH Battery Pack Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC) Mains
Current RX 0.6-1 A 60-90 VA 90 W
TX Max 22 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 200 × 80 × 262 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 10.31 in)
483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
Weight 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) w/o Ni-MH battery, antenna, Microphone 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted 20.00 kg (44.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features 9K6 packet ready. DSP, DCS, CTCSS, ARTS & RS-232. Beacon function
TXCO is included in this updated version.
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000897D RACAL-RA-001778 RACAL-RA-003712