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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 10-160 m
1.8-2.0 / 3.5-4.1 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.5 / 28-28.5 / 28.5-29.1 / 29.1-29.7 MHz
26-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N ?
Selectivity FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
0.5 / 1 / 2.1 / 3.8 kHz @ -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
3500 / 450 kHz ?
Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ? ?
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load Requires external speaker. 3 W output ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
- 26-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   - All mode  
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 25 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50-80Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% Mains ?
Current RX 0.8-1 A ? ?
TX 15 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1962 and 1965 in Great Britain Between 1995 and 199x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
407 × 215 × 332 mm
(16.02 × 8.46 × 13.07 in)
200 × 60 × 265 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 10.43 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 13.20 kg (29.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features Digital voice/data (D-STAR) option (UT-118 (formerly UT-115)). Please note that this requires at least two similarly equiped radios. Weather channel with alert (US version only) CTCSS, DTCS and DTMF. Multi-color LCD. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H K.W.-ELECTRONICS-000077 EMPEROR-TS-005010