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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-56 MHz 136-174 MHz 0.5-3000 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   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
? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 3.5 µV
2-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.85 µV
470-1040 MHz: 0.9 µV
1040-2040 MHz: 9 µV
2040-3000 MHz: 25 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 1.5 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)
? SSB/NAM
3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/S-FM
9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40 dB)
W-AM/N-FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40 dB)
W-FM
150 kHz (-3 dB), 360 kHz (-20 dB
Filters 10 kHz roofing ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 144-146 or 144-148 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   -
RF-output 100 / 100 W 4 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-10% 6-16V DC 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 12V DC external
Current RX 1 A (squelched) 35-55 mA 25-190 mA
TX Max 22 A 700 mA max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 2010 Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2012 and 200x
Dimensions 223 × 84 × 217 mm
(8.78 × 3.31 × 8.54 in)
65 × 37 × 187 mm
(2.56 × 1.46 × 7.36 in)
61 × 143 × 39 mm
(2.40 × 5.63 × 1.54 in)
Weight 3.60 kg (7.9 lbs) 100 gr (3.5 oz) with empty battery pack 217 gr (7.7 oz) without batteries and antenna
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 20 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF-DSP. IPO. VOX. CTCSS 10 KHz roofing filter. CW beacon feature. CTCSS CTCSS
Voice recording on micro SD card
USB interface
Analog voice scramler decoder (inverter)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN YAESU-FT-000450AT DRAGON-SY-000502 AOR-AR-008200DU