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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.05 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-3000 MHz (0.1-0.53 MHz with reduced sensitivity) 138-174 MHz 0.01-3300 MHz
Modulations All mode   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 3000 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
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Selectivity SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 440-450 / 1240-1300 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10.8-16V DC 6-15V DC 12V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 70-400 mA Max 590 mA Max 1.25 A
TX - Max 1.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
58 × 145 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.71 × 1.93 in)
146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 635 gr (1.4 lbs) with BP-100 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second 78 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. Improved HF performance plus a couple of other new features. Triple RX CTCSS/DTCS
DSP option (UT-106)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008600-MK2 ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001A ICOM-IC-PCR001500