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HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
4 meter SSB/CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Variable Speed Tuning VST

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz 138-174 MHz 69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? -130dbm MDS
Selectivity ? ? 3.0 kHz (-6dB), shape factor: 1.7
500 Hz (-6dB), shape factor: 2.4
Filters ? ? 3.0 kHz / 500 hz
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 100 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 Watt at 1% THD, 1.5 W at 5%

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
69.9-70.4 (4m) MHz
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? High: 45 W, Low: 5 W 10 W PEP

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. V DC (R/) 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? Max 800 mA 650 mA
TX - Max 9.5 A 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 1978 Between 1988 and 19xx Between 2014 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 500 × 290 × 120 mm
(19.69 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
140 × 50 × 159 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.26 in)
221 × 100 × 221 mm
(8.70 × 3.94 × 8.70 in)
Weight 8.90 kg (19.6 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Portable Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock ? Analoge S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-003000 ICOM-IC-000228H NOBLE-RADIO-NR-000004SC