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General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability < 10 p.p.m. (< 2 p.p.m. with optional TCXO-4) 0-50C 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 (CW/SSB) 0.1 / 1 (AM/FM) kHz 1 Hz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.05-30 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity < .25 µV 1.8-30 MHz SSB
< 1 µV 1.8-30 MHz AM
(S+N/N=10dB)
CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
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Selectivity AM-Wide: 6.0 kHz
AM-Narrow: 4.0 kHz
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
FM (opt.): 15.0 kHz
400 Hz or more, software defined ?
Filters ? Software defined ?
Receiver system Double Conversion Superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 47.21 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB (1.8-30 MHz) ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output 1.4 W, 8 Ohms 1W diagnostic speaker Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6 m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
RF-output ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC + SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/450Ω 5-500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 15% 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1.2 A 1.5 A ?
TX - 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 2000 in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 230 × 92 × 236 mm
(9.06 × 3.62 × 9.29 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
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Weight 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Mobile

Other features

Memories 50 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features FM optional
CAT interface
12/24h Clock
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FRG-000100 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500 PRESIDENT-XP-000400