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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 144-148 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV ?
Selectivity ? ± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 300 mW into 8 Ohms 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 144-148 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output High: 35 W, Low 3: 20 W, Low 2: 10 W, Low 1: 5 W High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 8.4V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX Max 0.5 A 20-130 mA 1.7 A
TX Max 9.5 A 220-550 mA 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx Between 1980 and 199x Between 2017 and 2024 in USA
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 155 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.10 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 800 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000449E ICOM-IC-000002A FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400