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Handheld UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps ? ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m 2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 5 W, Low 3: 2.5 W, Low 2: 500 mW, Low 1: 20 mW SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 430 W (input) SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/100 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 18-160 mA ? 0.5 A
TX Max 1.4 A ? 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 19xx Between 197x and 1975 in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 58 × 91 × 30 mm
(2.28 × 3.58 × 1.18 in)
400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 260 gr (9.2 oz) with BP-121 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000004IE YAESU-FT-000401B YAESU-FT-000070