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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.495-999.990 MHz (Cellular blocked) 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N ?
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 5/5/5 W, Low: 0.5/0.5/0.5 W 100 W max 100 W

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 5.5-11.5V DC Mains ?
Current RX 65-220 mA 295 W ?
TX Max 2 A 32 W ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx Between 196x and 196x in USA
Dimensions 58 × 87 × 29 mm
(2.28 × 3.43 × 1.14 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
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Weight 240 gr (8.5 oz) with BP-217 and antenna 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 555 channels in 18 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF and CTCSS. RIT +/- 5 KHz. 10 dB attenuator. PC-programmable. Alpha tags. VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-T000090 KENWOOD-TS-000830S NATIONAL-COMPANY-000200