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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  33cm  4m 
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz 10 Hz - 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 137-174 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
?
Selectivity ? SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2 m 160-10 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 2 W FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.5 V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC
Current RX ? 2 A Max 200 mA
TX ? 19 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx
Dimensions 57 × 142 × 32 mm
(2.24 × 5.59 × 1.26 in)
238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
Speech descrambler.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000162 YAESU-FT-000757GX YUPITERU-MVT-003300