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Handheld UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions.
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
Filters ? ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
-
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 5 W, Low 1: 3.5 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 3: 0.5 W High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC Burndept
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC 6-15V DC Mains
Current RX 19-250 mA Max 590 mA ?
TX Max 1.6 A Max 1.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1989 and 19xx Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 49 × 103 × 33 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.30 in)
58 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
Weight 270 gr (9.5 oz) with BP-82 585 gr (1.3 lbs) with BP-100 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 48 channels in 1 bank(s) 69 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? Triple RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000004SE ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001E RACAL-RA-000017L