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

General

HAM bands 2m  11m (CB)  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 ? Channelized 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)
26.965-27.255 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   AM   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)
26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations FM   AM   -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains ? 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 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 210 × 95 × 270 mm
(8.27 × 3.74 × 10.63 in)
? 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 4.20 kg (9.3 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000002-AUTO GEMTRONICS-GTX-002300 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B