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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  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 144-147 MHz (Europe)
144-149 MHz (USA)
0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.5 µV for 20 dB S/N
FM: 0.35 µV for 20 dB QS
0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz @ 6 dB down, 4.1 kHz @ 60 dB down
FM: 14 kHz @ 6 dB down, 25 kHz @ 60 dB down
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.81 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-147 MHz (Europe)
144-149 MHz (USA)
2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output SSB: 30 W (PEP input), FM/CW, High: 30 W, Low: ? W (DC input) SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 0.5 A 0.5 A
TX 3 A 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.45 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 4 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features NB, RIT ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000480R YAESU-FT-000070