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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 2 m 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations All mode   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.3 kHz ladder filter ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 2 m 160-6 m
Modulations All mode   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output 3 W @ 6 VDC, 10 W @ 13.8 VDC 7 watts PEP 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC (4LR20) or 13.8V DC external ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 300 mA ? 1.5 A
TX Max 2.9 A (10 W) ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 230 × 76 × 189 mm
(9.06 × 2.99 × 7.44 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) with batteries ? 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 ? Operate 2 Meter CW with optional MFJ-416 CW adapter board 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-000505 MFJ-009402 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700