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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ±0.5 ppm/1 hour @25 °C, after warmup ? 0.1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps CW/SSB: 10 Hz, AM/FM/W-FM: 0.1 kHz 5 kHz 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-56 / 76-108 / 118-164 / 420-470 MHz 144-148 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW (10 dB S/N): 0.2 µV (1.8-30 MHz), 0.125 µV (50-440 MHz)
AM (10 dB S/N): 32 µV (0.1-1.8 MHz), 2 µV (1.8-28 MHz), 1 µV (50-54 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.5 µV (28-30 MHz), 0.2 µV (50-440 MHz)
≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV ?
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Optional filters will increase selectivity
± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? ? 150 / 250 / 400 / 750 Hz / 1.25 / 3.2 / 8.0 kHz
Receiver system Double-Conversion Superheterodyne (SSB/CW/AM/FM) Superheterodyne (W-FM) Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM); 10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection 70 dB (HF/6 m), 60 dB (2/70 cm) ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W (@4 Ohms, 10% THD or less) 300 mW into 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC + 60m / 6m / 2m / 70cm 144-148 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW: 100/100/50/20 W, AM: 25/25/12.5/5 W High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15%, optional FNB-78 13.2 V Ni-MH Battery Pack 8.4V DC Mains
Current RX 0.6-1 A 20-130 mA ?
TX Max 22 A 220-550 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1980 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 200 × 80 × 262 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 10.31 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
483 × × mm
(19.02 × 0.00 × 0.00 in)
Weight 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) w/o Ni-MH battery, antenna, Microphone 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 800 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features 9K6 packet ready. DSP, DCS, CTCSS, ARTS & RS-232. Beacon function
TXCO is included in this updated version.
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000897D ICOM-IC-000002A RACAL-RA-006778C