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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 Hz (-30°C +60°C) ≥ 1.5 p.p.m. after warm-up (30 minutes)
Tuning steps ? Rx: 0.01 kHz, Tx: 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m (no general coverage) 0.49-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz (continuous)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ≤ 1.0 µV for 12 dB SINAD ≥ 0.45 µV
Selectivity ? >60db at –1 KHz ?
Filters 2.4 kHz ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion + DSP ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 4 Watt into 4 ohms at less than 10% distortion 0.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 1.6-30 MHz 80-15m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB/CW: 240 W, AM/FSK: 80 W (INPUT) 150 W 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains 11.6-15.6V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A max 1.5 A max 500 mA
TX 20 A max 17 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1996 and 20xx Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 334 × 129 × 400 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 15.75 in)
314 × 99 × 315 mm
(12.36 × 3.90 × 12.40 in)
97 × 40 × 155 mm
(3.82 × 1.57 × 6.10 in)
Weight 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) 4.45 kg (9.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories ? 1176 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
Solid state
Peak/Notch filter
Noise blanker
Variable IF bandwidth
Speech processor
Detachable front panel
RS-232 computer interface
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000107 SEA-000235R XIEGU-G000001M