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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 108-520 / 700-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 26.965-27.405 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity 8 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   -
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 20/20 W, Low 2: 10/10 W, Low 1: 5/5 W 4 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% ? 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA max
TX Max 8.5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 1054 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF, CTCSS & DCS 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-008800R SPARKOMATIC-CB-005000 ELAD-FDM-000077