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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
25-88 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? VHF: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 2.4 kHz (300/500 Hz optional) + audio filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: ~380 MHz
2nd: 21.3 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 490 mW at ?% distortion / 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
-
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 200 W 10 W -

Connections

Antenna - N-type BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC 2.4-3 V DC (2×R6/AA NiMH or Alkaline batteries) or 6 V DC external
Current RX ? Max 0.5 A 110-310 mA
TX ? Max 4 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1982 Between 1981 and 198x in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 295 × 120 × 381 mm
(11.61 × 4.72 × 15.00 in)
180 × 60 × 250 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 9.84 in)
68 × 115 × 32 mm
(2.68 × 4.53 × 1.26 in)
Weight 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 165 gr (5.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? "Close Call" RF capture
Backlit display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-DELTA-(000580) YAESU-FT-000780R UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000093XLT