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

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output High: 35 W, Low 3: 20 W, Low 2: 10 W, Low 1: 5 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 7.2V DC internal or 6-16V DC external
Current RX Max 0.5 A 2 A max 15-300 mA
TX Max 9.5 A 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 155 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.10 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000449E ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-R000001