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

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  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  9cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
29.7-42 MHz
35-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
146-148 MHz (USA)
29.7-42 MHz
35-50 MHz
136-174 MHz
403-470 MHz
-
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 1-5 W max ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 1400 mAh Li-Ion 13.8V DC
Current RX 0.5 A ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX Max 2.1 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx Between 199x and 200x Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 210 × 95 × 270 mm
(8.27 × 3.74 × 10.63 in)
58 × 137 × 38 mm
(2.28 × 5.39 × 1.50 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 4.20 kg (9.3 lbs) 428 gr (15.1 oz) with standard hi-capacity NimH battery 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/PL and Select 5/5-tone CCIR
VOX
Full keypad
IP54
Mil spec 8110C / 810D / 810E
Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000002-AUTO MOTOROLA-GP-000380 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B