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Mobile 2m Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 1500 Hz first 30 min, after that 400 Hz at room temperature
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 144-146 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (20 dB quieting) ? 0.5µV for 10dB S/N in SSB
Selectivity +/-6 kHz (-6 dB), +/-12 kHz (-60 dB) ? SSB: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Singel conversion with premixed crytal-controlled HF-oscillators and tunable VFO
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2W @ 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 144-146 MHz 80-10 m
(USB on 20, 15 and 10 m, LSB on 80 and 40 m)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1 / 10 W High: 25 W, Low: 3 W AM: 125 W, SSB: 500 W (PEP), CW: 390 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 40-60Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC +/-10% 13.8 V DC Mains (117 or 234 V AC ±10%)
Current RX 500 mA 600 mA ?
TX 1-2.5 A max 6 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1979 in Japan Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 180 × 60 × 220 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.66 in)
140 × 40 × 162 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.38 in)
197 × 165 × 280 mm
(7.76 × 6.50 × 11.02 in)
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 1 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital display
Die cast front panel
? Full AGC
S-Meter
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000227R-MEMORIZER YAESU-FT-000270R NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000500