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General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ≤ 100 Hz in any 30 minute period after warm up ± 2.5 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps Continuous 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 136-174 MHz
400-470 MHz
26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N) 0.28 μV ?
Selectivity 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 3.7 kHz (-60 dB) 75 / 65 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 50 dB ? ?
Audio output External speaker/headphones required 5W (less than 5% distortion) 3W (less than 3% distortion) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 136-174 MHz
400-470 MHz
26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 50 / 45 W max AM/FM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50/120Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.6V DC ±15% 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX ? 12 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 197x in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 400 × 159 × 349 mm
(15.75 × 6.26 × 13.74 in)
154 × 48 × 161 mm
(6.06 × 1.89 × 6.34 in)
154 × 52 × 194 mm
(6.06 × 2.05 × 7.64 in)
Weight 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs) 1.23 kg (2.7 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 128 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FTDX-000400 HYTERA-TM-000628H ALBRECHT-SS000485