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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Deluxe HF Antenna Tuner

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 108-520 / 700-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US) 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   All mode  
Sensitivity Better than 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
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Selectivity 8 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
144–146 / 430–440MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   All mode  
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 20/20 W, Low 2: 10/10 W, Low 1: 5/5 W 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W 200 / 2000 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% 5.5-11.5V DC ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 8.5 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 1983 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 140 × 42 × 168 mm
(5.51 × 1.65 × 6.61 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
368 × 352 × 146 mm
(14.49 × 13.86 × 5.75 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 7.10 kg (15.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1054 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF, CTCSS & DCS 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-008800R ICOM-IC-E000080D HEATHKIT-SA-002060A