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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld 2m Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. (0 °C to + 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz in 9 bands
87.5-108 / 108-136 MHz
144-146 MHz (FT-25E)
144-148 MHz (FT-25R)
0.1-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity ? 140-150 MHz: 0.2 uV (12 dB SINAD) SSB (1b dB S/N): 0.5-0.13 µV
AM (10 dB S/N): 6.3-1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.22 µV
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB) SSB/FSK/PSK: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB
AM: 6.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 12.0 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 12.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 25.0 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 500 Hz, 2.7 kHz, 6 kHz and 15 kHz (optional 270 Hz)
Receiver system ? Direct conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.248 MHz
2nd: 24 kHz (FM: 36 kHz)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 800 mW @ 10% THD into 16 Ω 1.5 W into 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 65-108 / 136-174 MHz 10-160 m + WARC + 60 m + 6 m
EU version: 4 m (70 MHz)
Modulations - FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output ? 0.5 / 2 / 5 W Max 100 W (AM 25 W)

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SMA SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC or mains 7.4 V DC (battery pack) or 6-9 V DC external 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? 18-205 mA 3 A max
TX - 1.5 A max 22.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2017 and 201x Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 340 × 234 × 170 mm
(13.39 × 9.21 × 6.69 in)
52 × 104 × 31 mm
(2.05 × 4.09 × 1.22 in)
410 × 158 × 387 mm
(16.14 × 6.22 × 15.24 in)
Weight 6.40 kg (14.1 lbs) 260 gr (9.2 oz) inclusing antenna and SBR-25Li battery pack 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Portable Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/PL and DCS
DTMF
ARTS
DSP
Built-in auto antenna tuner (ATU)
7 inch color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-CRF-005090 YAESU-FT-000025E/R KENWOOD-TS-000890S