• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Yaesu-Musen Co. Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1980/1981

• Category
• Amateur TRX: Transmitter/Receiver (and Transceiver)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 117898

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• Number of Transistors
• 110

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 10810/455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 13,8 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 6.5 cm = 2.6 inch

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FT-480R - Yaesu-Musen Co. Ltd.; Tokyo

• Shape
• Miscellaneous shapes - described under notes.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 180 x 60 x 240 mm / 7.1 x 2.4 x 9.4 inch

• Notes
• Yaesu Mobile-VHF-Transceiver FT-480R.
  Frequenzbereich: 144-146 MHz; Betriebsarten: SSB, CW, FM; P_out: 15 W PEP in SSB, 15 W/1 W in CW und FM; PLL-Frequenzaufbereitung, 4-Bit-Mikroprozessor, 4 Speicherplätze; Empfänger-Empfindlichkeit: SSB/CW 0,5 µV, FM 0,35 µV.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.6 kg / 5 lb 11.6 oz (5.727 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,700.00 DM

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (RICOFUNK-Katalog 1980)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Funkschau (8/1981, S. 85 / Gebrauchstest FT-480R)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (YAESU Instruction Manual FT-480R)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Ricofunk Bedienungsanleitung und Handbuch FT-480R

• Author
• Model page created by Peter Knauer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 301 models, 285 with images and 137 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Yaesu-Musen Co. Ltd.; Tokyo