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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 430-440 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? ?
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 200 mW max

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 430-440 MHz -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W 10 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 4.8V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA ? ?
TX 1.6-5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1999 and 200x
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
? 64 × 165 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 6.50 × 1.77 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) ? 325 gr (11.5 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Alert beep
Alpha-tags,
Attenuator
Autolight
CTCSS / DCS
Limit search
Rotary control
Turbo-search (300 chn/sec)
VFO search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290D ICOM-IC-000031 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-SC-000200