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Amateur Portable Transceiver
Amateur Base Station Antenna
Base Station Amateur Antenna

General

HAM bands 2m  1.25m  70cm  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ±2.5 p.p.m. @ -20 to +60°C (-4 to +140°F) ±0.5 p.p.m. @ -10 to +50°C (14 to 122°F) after 1 minute warmup
Tuning steps 2.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 1 / 5 / 10 / 20 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 153-279 / 520-1710 kHz / 2.3-30 / 27 (CB) / 64-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 / 840-999 MHz 108-550 MHz 0.03-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   C4FM   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   C4FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV

FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
150-174 MHz: 0.25 µV
174-222 MHz: 0.3 µV
222-300 MHz: 0.25 µV
336-420 MHz: 0.25 µV
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV
470-550 MHz: 0.2 µV

DV/Fusion (BER 1%)
2 m/70 cm: 0.19 µV
AM (BW: 6 kHz / 10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 7.9 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
70-70.5 MHz: 2 µV
144-148 MHz: 1 µV
430-450 MHz: 1 µV

FM (BW: 12 kHz / 12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.2 µV
70-70.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
144-148 MHz: 0.125 µV
430-450 MHz: 0.125 µV

SSB/CW (BW: 2.4 kHz / 10 dB S+N/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.125 µV
70-70.5 MHz: 0.16 µV
144-148 MHz: 0.125 µV
430-450 MHz: 0.125 µV
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
AM (BW=6 kHz - Width: Center)
6 kHz (-6 dB)
15 kHz (-60 dB)

FM (BW=12 kHz - Width: Center)
12 kHz (-6 dB)
25 kHz (-60 dB)

SSB (BW=2.4 kHz - Width: Center)
2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
3.6 kHz (-60 dB)

CW (BW=0.5 kHz - Width: Center)
500 Hz (-6 dB)
750 Hz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Direct sampling superheterrodyne (Below 48 MHz) Single conversion IF sampling (Above 48 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 56.75 MHz (Main RX) - 55.85 MHz (Sub RX)
2nd: 450 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB or better (HF amateur bands) 60 dB or better (VHF / UHF amateur bands)
Audio output ? 3 W (Main unit), 6 W (Control head) at 10% distortion / 8 ohm 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 4 ohm (Without SPA-1 option)

Transmitter

TX-range 136-520 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (Also 4 m for UK version)
Modulations FM   FM   N-FM   C4FM   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   C4FM  
RF-output 5 W 5 / 25 / 55 W 0.5-10 W
100 W with optional SPA-1

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 2600 mAh Li-Ion 11.7-15.8 V DC 10.8 V DC (Battery pack) or 13.8 V DC ±15% external
Current RX ? 500 mA 600-900 mA
TX ? 11 A 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2025 and 20xx in China Between 2025 and 20xx in Japan Between 2025 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 156 × 64 × 59 mm
(6.14 × 2.52 × 2.32 in)
213 × 89 × 240 mm
(8.39 × 3.50 × 9.45 in)
Weight ? 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1024 channels in 1 bank(s) 1053 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features NOAA channels
GPS option
? 4.3" color touch TFT with switchable display modes. 3DSS band-scope. Two independent receivers. Two speakers. 32-bit IF DSP. Wires-X. USB ports for audio I/O and CAT operation. S-DX. AMS. APRS. Micro SD card slot. Optional ATU that attaches to the back. Optional cooling fan for prolonged transmissions like FT8 and similar. Optional 100 W dockable PA. Optional Bluetooth.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADTEL-RT-000620 YAESU-FTM-000510-ASP YAESU-FTX-000001-OPTIMA