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Mobile VHF Transceiver
HF Receiver | Solid state
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 550 kHz - 30 MHz in 4 bands 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
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)
? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
455 kHz ?
Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ? ?
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load Internal speaker 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
- 10-80 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% Mains (110/220 V AC) External high-voltage power supply
Current RX 0.8-1 A ? ?
TX 15 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1971 and 1982 in USA Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
368 × 148 × 203 mm
(14.49 × 5.83 × 7.99 in)
380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
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. BFO
S-Meter
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H HEATHKIT-SW-000717 HEATHKIT-HW-000100