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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 100 W SSB/CW: 90 W, AM: 35 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? - ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 2005 Between 1956 and 1959 in USA Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 410 × 135 × 347 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.66 in)
533 × 292 × 420 mm
(20.98 × 11.50 × 16.54 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 27.70 kg (61.1 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX VFO RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-001000MP-MK-V-FLD E.F.-JOHNSON-PACEMAKER AOR-AR-003000AB