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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 kHz ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM/FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 3 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 15 µV
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 225.4125 MHz
2nd: 45 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-160 m + WARC/6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM)

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 500 mA 1.3-1.6 A 2.7 A max
TX - 22 A max 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2005 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) 503 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
DSP, Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225 ICOM-IC-007000 ICOM-IC-000756