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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
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Selectivity FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) >60 dB ?
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
- 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   - FM  
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 6 /6 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1984 and 1996 Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
57 × 110 × 27 mm
(2.24 × 4.33 × 1.06 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 285 gr (10.1 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) 32 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
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. PBT ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H ICOM-IC-R000071E ICOM-IC-S000007D