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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 0.03-56 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
AM (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-56 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.16 µV
Selectivity SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters 15, 6 and 3 kHz 10 kHz roofing
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
?
Image rejection More than 70 dB 70 dB
Audio output More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! 100 / 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains, 85-265 VAC 13.8V DC +/-10%
Current RX Max 210 VA 1 A (squelched)
TX Max 800 VA Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 2007 and 2010
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature.
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007700 YAESU-FT-000450AT