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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ± 5 p.p.m. ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
110-180 / 300-500 / 800-950 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) VHF ≤ 0.158 µV
UHF ≤ 0.18 µV
(12 dB SINAD)
0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
Selectivity 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 12 kHz @ -6 dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 15.25 (VHF) / 44.775 (UHF) MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 0.3 W Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe and Asia)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
-
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W 5 W max ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 5.5-16 V DC Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC)
Current RX 0.8-1 A 16-190 mA 60-90 VA
TX Max 10.5 A 1.6 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 1998 in Japan Between 1992 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 55 × 134 × 33 mm
(2.17 × 5.28 × 1.30 in)
483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 530 gr (1.2 lbs) with FNB-27 and antenna 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) 82 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS encoder (CTCSS decoder option) Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002000H YAESU-FT-000530 RACAL-RA-001778