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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 140-150 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 43.1 MHz (VHF), 35.8 MHz (UHF)
2nd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 140-150 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: 0.5/0.5 W, Low: 15/15 mW ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.5-16V DC external Mains
Current RX Max 600 mA 30-210 mA 60 W
TX Max 6 A Max 1.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 140 × × 177 mm
(5.51 × 0.00 × 6.97 in)
57 × 125 × 31 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.22 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) with BP-170 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features CTCSS CTCSS on TX (RX option UT-94), DTMF. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000027A ICOM-IC-W000031E RACAL-RA-003791