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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 20, 40 & 80 m 1240-1300 MHz 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? requires headphones / external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 20, 40 & 80 m 1240-1300 MHz 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W High: 1 W, Low: 100 mW 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 5.5-15V DC 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? 11-150 mA 30 W
TX ? Max 900 mA 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 19xx in East Germany Between 1990 and 199x in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions ? 55 × 139 × 32 mm
(2.17 × 5.47 × 1.26 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight 30.00 kg (66.2 lbs) 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-10 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 49 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RFT-000210 YAESU-FT-000911 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321