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Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-56 MHz 25-512 / 758-824 / 850-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked
26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25   -
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-56 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
50-56 MHz: 0.16 µV
25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
?
Selectivity AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters 10 kHz roofing ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD) ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m - 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output 100 / 100 W ? 4 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-10% 11-16.6V DC ?
Current RX 1 A (squelched) ? ?
TX Max 22 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 2010 Between 2009 and 201x Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
184 × 57 × 235 mm
(7.24 × 2.24 × 9.25 in)
Weight 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs) 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature. CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
Multi-color LCD display
10 NOAA Weather channels
Emergency Weather Alert
Radio Check Diagnostic
Frequency Display
Clock / Timer / Alarm
Day / Night Dimmer Control
SWR Calibration
Instant Channel 9 and 19
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000450 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCD000996XT COBRA-000029-LX