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Amateur Base Station Antenna

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  None  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ≤ 3 p.p.m. ? ±2.5 p.p.m. @ -20 to +60°C (-4 to +140°F)
Tuning steps ? Not applicable 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
1240-1300 MHz option
HF 108-550 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   FM   N-FM   C4FM  
Sensitivity FM: 0.22 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: 0.16 µV
50 µV for 1" vertical deflection at full gain AM (10 dB S/N)
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV

FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
150-174 MHz: 0.25 µV
174-222 MHz: 0.3 µV
222-300 MHz: 0.25 µV
336-420 MHz: 0.25 µV
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV
470-550 MHz: 0.2 µV

DV/Fusion (BER 1%)
2 m/70 cm: 0.19 µV
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single/double/triple/quadruple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695/75.925/287.175 MHz
2nd: 0.455/10.695/41.415 MHz
3rd: -/0.455/10.695 MHz
4th: -/-/455 kHz
350 kHz 1st: 56.75 MHz (Main RX) - 55.85 MHz (Sub RX)
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W / 8 ohms @ 10% THD ? 3 W (Main unit), 6 W (Control head) at 10% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
1240-1300 MHz option
? 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   FM   N-FM   C4FM  
RF-output FM: 45/40 W, SSB/CW: 35/30 W, 23cm: 10 W ? 5 / 25 / 55 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + N-type RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-15% Mains 11.7-15.8 V DC
Current RX 2.5 A 40 W max 500 mA
TX Max 15 A ? 11 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 2025 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 342 × 134 × 369 mm
(13.46 × 5.28 × 14.53 in)
133 × 187 × 280 mm
(5.24 × 7.36 × 11.02 in)
156 × 64 × 59 mm
(6.14 × 2.52 × 2.32 in)
Weight 9.20 kg (20.3 lbs) 3.85 kg (8.5 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 30 channels in bank(s) None 1053 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN KENWOOD-TS-000790E HEATHKIT-HO-000013 YAESU-FTM-000510-ASP