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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  None  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz) ±2.5 p.p.m. @ -20 to +60°C (-4 to 140°F)
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
108-1000 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD AM (10 dB S/N)
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV
N-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
420-520 MHz: 0.2 µV
800-900 MHz: 0.4 µV
900-1000 MHz: 0.8 µV
Selectivity AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB) ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? 1st: 58.05 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD 3 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W 1 / 25 W 50 / 25 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12 or(!) 24 V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA 0.5 A
TX ? 5 A max 10 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark Between 2022 and 202x
Dimensions 368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 999 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Tube hybrid
VOX
Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000102 SAILOR-RT000144 YAESU-FTM-006000E