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VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  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  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
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 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked) 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
- -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX 0.5 A 1.5-2.2 A 90 VA
TX Max 2.1 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 210 × 95 × 270 mm
(8.27 × 3.74 × 10.63 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 4.20 kg (9.3 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000002-AUTO AOR-AR-ALPHA-B EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II