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Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Portable Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld 2m / 70cm Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 5-8.5 / 12-16.5 MHz 3-32 MHz
0.5-3 MHz with reduced sensitivity
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (FT-65E)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (FT-65R)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 140-150 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR using high-performance 32-bit floating-point DSP Direct conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 800 mW @ 10% THD into 16 Ω

Transmitter

TX-range 20 & 40 m 80-10 m ham bands 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 1-4 W 80-15m: 10W max, 12-10m: 8W max 0.5 / 2 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6.5-14V DC 6.5-14V DC 7.4 V DC (battery pack) or 6-9 V DC external
Current RX 34-45 mA 135 mA 18-205 mA
TX 300-700 mA ? 1.7 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 2017 in USA Between 2016 and 201x in USA Between 2017 and 201x
Dimensions 135 × 30 × 80 mm
(5.31 × 1.18 × 3.15 in)
147 × 71 × 38 mm
(5.79 × 2.80 × 1.50 in)
52 × 104 × 31 mm
(2.05 × 4.09 × 1.22 in)
Weight 250 gr (8.8 oz) without options 370 gr (13.1 oz) without options 260 gr (9.2 oz) inclusing antenna and SBR-25Li battery pack
Form factor Portable Portable Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in QSK keyer. Built-in PSK/TTY decode/encode
Built-in QSK keyer
Built-in speaker
Low-profile knops and feet
Rear tilt foot
High contrast alphanumeric LCD
Integrated numeric keypad for direct frequency entry
Computer control via supplied USB or RS232 cable
Alpha tags
CTCSS/PL and DCS
DTMF
ARTS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ELECRAFT-KX000001 ELECRAFT-KX000002 YAESU-FT-000065E/R