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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 12.5 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 60-90 / 118-136 / 138-174 / 406-512 / 800-999 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 0.5-15 / 48-999 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity AM µVHF: 1 µV (20 dB S/N)
FM µVHF: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM UHF: 1 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: Murata CFG455E
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW: 200 W, AM: 50 W High: 5/5/4.5 W, Low3: 2.5/2.5/2.5 W, Low2: 1/1/1 W, Low1: 0.3/0.3/0.3 W

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8V DC (4R6/AA NiCd cells) or 13.2V DC external 13.8V DC 7.2V DC (internal), 13.8V DC (external)
Current RX ? ? Max 150 mA
TX - ? Max 1.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x in Japan, by AOR (discontinued) Between 2000 and 2005 Between 199x and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 152 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.98 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
410 × 135 × 347 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.66 in)
58 × 88 × 27 mm
(2.28 × 3.46 × 1.06 in)
Weight 700 gr (1.5 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX. DSP ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DLS-000400 YAESU-FT-001000MP-MK-V YAESU-VX-000005R