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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile 220 MHz Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  1.25m 
Freq. stability ? ±5 p.p.m. (–10° C to +60° C) ?
Tuning steps ? 5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50, 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 137-174 MHz 220 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.2 μV for 12 dB SINAD (137-140 MHz, NFM)
0.16 μV for 12 dB SINAD (140-150 MHz, NFM)
0.2 μV TYP for 12 dB SINAD (150-174 MHz, NFM)
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Selectivity ? NFM, AM 12 kHz / 35 kHz (–6 dB / –60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 700 mW @ 16 Ω for 10 % THD (@ 7.5 V) Internal SP ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 2m
144-146 MHz (Europe)
220 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   FM  
RF-output 100 W 5 / 2 / 0.5 W 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7.2V DC (6.0~16 V) 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 45 mA typical ?
TX ? 1.5 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx Between 2005 and 200x Between 198x and 199x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 300 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 11.81 in)
60 × 120 × 32 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
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Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 390 gr (13.8 oz) with FNB-83 and antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 210 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual watch
ARTS
Submersible (IPX7 specs)
Backlit display
Accessories ? ? FTS-12 CTCSS (PL) tone encoder/decoder
MPN YAESU-FT-000077 YAESU-VX-000120 YAESU-FT-000311RM