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VHF Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps ? ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-180 MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 70 dB (no reference) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz 2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 60 W, Medium: 25 W, Low: 7 W High: 10/10 W, Low: 1/1 W SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-15.8V DC 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 600 mA Max 900 mA 0.5 A
TX Max 12 A 1.5-4.5 A 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 19xx Between 1986 and 198x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 144 × 40 × 166 mm
(5.67 × 1.57 × 6.54 in)
155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ADI-AR-000147 STANDARD-C-006000 YAESU-FT-000070