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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Handheld 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  11m (CB)  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20 / 40 / 80 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 144-146 MHz (FT-25E)
144-148 MHz (FT-25R)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   SSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 140-150 MHz: 0.2 uV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct conversion
IF-freqs. 5200 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? 800 mW @ 10% THD into 16 Ω

Transmitter

TX-range 20 / 40 / 80 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W AM: 3 W, SSB: 15 W 0.5 / 2 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 117/230V AC, 12V DC ? 7.4 V DC (battery pack) or 6-9 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 18-205 mA
TX ? ? 1.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1962 and 196x in USA Between 1972 and 19xx Between 2017 and 201x
Dimensions 340 × 160 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
? 52 × 104 × 31 mm
(2.05 × 4.09 × 1.22 in)
Weight ? ? 260 gr (9.2 oz) inclusing antenna and SBR-25Li battery pack
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None 23 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/PL and DCS
DTMF
ARTS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000003 ZODIAC-SSB-015072 YAESU-FT-000025E/R