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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability 4 p.p.m. from 1 min. to 60 min. after power on. 25° C: 1 p.p.m./hour ? ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz (CW/SSB), 100 Hz (AM/FM) Continuous 5 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-56 / 76-154 / 420-470 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 25-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? AM/FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 3 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 15 µV
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz/4.5 kHz
AM: 6 kHz/20 kHz
FM: 15 kHz/30 kHz
FM-N: 9 kHz/25 kHz
SSB (option):2.3 kHz/4.7 kHz (-66 dB)
CW (option):500 Hz/2.0 kHz
? ?
Filters SSB: 400 Hz-2600 Hz (-6 dB) ? ?
Receiver system Double-Conversion Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st : 68.33 MHz (SSB/CW/AM/FM);10.7 MHz (WFM)
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
1st: 225.4125 MHz
2nd: 45 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
Image rejection 60-70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.0 W (8 Ohms, 10% THD or less) 0.75 W Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz (USA)
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Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output 5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 1.5 W (AM) with 13.8 V external DC, 2.5 W (SSB/CW/FM) and 0.7 W (AM) with 9.6 V internal DC ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC + SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 75/400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 8NiCd/LR6 or 13.8V DC external Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 13.8V DC
Current RX 250-450 mA ? Max 500 mA
TX 2.0 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 135 × 38 × 165 mm
(5.31 × 1.50 × 6.50 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
Weight 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) ? 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) None 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DCS. Spectrum scope. Alpha tags. 9K6 packet ready ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000817 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225