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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  33cm  4m  2m 
Freq. stability Better than ± 10 p.p.m. from 0-40 °C after 15 min. warmup ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps 10 Hz - 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity 500 kHz-1.5 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 2.0 µV
CW(N): ≤ 1.25 µV
AM: ≤ 8.0 µV
FM: -

1.5-30 MHz
SSB / CW(W) / FSK: ≤ 0.25 µV
CW(N): ≤ 0.16 µV
AM: ≤ 1.0 µV
FM: ≤ 0.6 µV
? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity SSB / CW(W) / FSK
2.7 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
CW(N)
600 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.3 kHz @ -60 dB
AM
6 kHz @ -6 dB, 18 kHz @ -60 dB
FM
15 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 47.060 MHz
2nd: 8.215 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 3 W @ 10% THD ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW: 100 W, AM: 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.5 V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX 2 A Max 200 mA 90 VA
TX 19 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 238 × 93 × 238 mm
(9.37 × 3.66 × 9.37 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF-Shift
Electronic keyer
Squelch
Noise blanker
Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000757GX YUPITERU-MVT-003300 EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II