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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA) (140-152 MHz after modification)
0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity ? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
Selectivity ? 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA) (140-152 MHz after modification)
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W High: 25 W, Low: 5 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 700 mA Max 300 mA 1.3-1.6 A
TX Max 5 A Max 6 A 22 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2005 and 200x
Dimensions 158 × 66 × 246 mm
(6.22 × 2.60 × 9.69 in)
140 × 50 × 182 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 7.17 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 503 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-003000 AZDEN-PCS-005000 ICOM-IC-007000