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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld dual-band transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability 300Hz per 30 minutes after warm-up ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 136-174 MHz
400-480 MHz
9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations N-AM   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity 0.5 µV 2-30 MHz, SSB/CW (S+N/N=10dB) ? ?
Selectivity AM: 6.0 kHz
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz
FM: 15 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 Watts at 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 136-174 MHz
400-480 MHz
-
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + Clamps / screws SMA SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50/500Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 100/120/220/240V AC 50/60 Hz 2200 mAh Li-ion battery pack 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1984 in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 334 × 129 × 225 mm
(13.15 × 5.08 × 8.86 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 12 channels in bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock / timer
Attenuator
12 optional memory channels
IPX5 rating dust and splash protection
Robust, rugged and heavy-duty design
CTCSS & DCS encode and decode
Built in VOX transmission
Low battery alert
Battery save
PTT ID
Time-out timer
Repeater/Talk around
Voice annunciator
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FRG-007700 SAMCOM-CP-000500 AOR-AR-ALPHA-II