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Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands None  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 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 30-50 / 148-174 MHz 0.1-2600 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 1W

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50/450Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC or mains 13.5V 15 %
Current RX ? Max 0.7 A
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 190 × 76 × 228 mm
(7.48 × 2.99 × 8.98 in)
180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
Accessories ? ?
MPN 20.166 YAESU-VR-005000