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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR receiver | HF/VHF

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ± .0015% 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps 5 kHz 5 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 143.5-148.5 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV for 12db SINAD (or 15 dB of quieting) ?
Selectivity 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 15 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection >60 dB -50 dB or greater ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W at less than 10% THD 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 143.5-148.5 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 1.5 W @ 8.4 VDC, Low: 150 mW @ 8.4 VDC 10-15 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 8-10.8V DC 12-16V DC Mains (25-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz)
Current RX 20-130 mA 550-750 mA 20 W
TX 220-550 mA 4 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1990 in Japan Between 1980 and 1983 in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 65 × 167 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.57 × 1.38 in)
184 × 70 × 260 mm
(7.24 × 2.76 × 10.24 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) battery and antenna included ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 1750 Hz tone burst ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000002E HEATHKIT-VF-007401 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700R