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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 / 136-174 MHz 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW) AM: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
3rd: 14.5 KHz
?
Image rejection ? >60 dB (15-160 m) >50 dB (10 m)
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 / 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC (Early versions did NOT feature the WARC bands)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1-20/1-20 W AM: 30 W (DC), SSB/CW: 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX 400 mA (no signal) 5.5 A (1.1 A heater off)
TX Max 6 A Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1979 and 19xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 222 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 8.74 in)
345 × 157 × 326 mm
(13.58 × 6.18 × 12.83 in)
Weight ? 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS encoder. IF-DSP with 35 built-in filters. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-000526-(6N2) YAESU-FT-000101ZD