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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C) ±0.5 p.p.m. TCXO 2.5 p.p.m. (10 °C to +60 °C)
Tuning steps 1 Hz / 0.01 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1500 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 118-174 / 230-550 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
Sensitivity AM:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 25µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 1µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.9µV
SSB/CW:
0.15-1.5 MHz: 0.9µV
1.5-1000 MHz: 0.3µV
1-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
N-FM:
150 kHz-1.5 GHz: 0.4µV
W-FM:
0.15-30 MHz: -
30-1000 MHz: 1.0µV
1-1.5 GHz: 1.0µV

AM / SSB / CW: 10dB S/N
N-FM / W-FM: 12dB SINAD
? AM (10 dB S/N)
118-136 MHz: 1 µV
230-260 MHz: 5.6 µV
260-375 MHz: 1.8 µV

FM/N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-144 MHz: 0.32 µV
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
146-174 MHz: 0.32 µV
230-260 MHz: 1.8 µV
260-400 MHz: 0.56 µV
400-430 MHz: 0.32 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
440-500 MHz: 0.32 µV
500-550 MHz: 0.56 µV

DV (BER 1%)
144-146 MHz: 0.18 µV
430-440 MHz: 0.18 µV
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.5 kHz @ 6dB
AM: 6 kHz @ 6dB
N-FM: 15 kHz @ 6dB
W-FM: 230 kHz @ 6dB
? Wide: > 10 kHz/6 dB, < 30 kHz/60 dB
Narrow: > 6 kHz/6 dB, < 20 kHz/60 dB
DV: > 50 dB
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 Hz (300 Hz optional) ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
1st: 46.35 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection 65dB ? 60 dB
Audio output 0.2W (8 ohm load) ? 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
144-146 / 430-440 MHz (EU)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   D-STAR  
RF-output ? 200 W 50 / 15 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? Mains 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 1.2 A max
TX - ? 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
150 × 40 × 172 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 6.77 in)
Weight ? 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232 computer interface DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Built-in GPS
Micro SD-card slot
D-Star repeater function
Speech synthesizer
Bluetooth option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN WINRADIO-WR-001500E YAESU-FTDX005000 ICOM-ID-004100A/E