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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 12.5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 66-88 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 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 ? 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 - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-160 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W Max 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 9V DC external 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX - 22 A max Max 18 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2005 and 200x Between 1978 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 63 × 145 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 5.71 × 1.57 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
Weight ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 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 ? 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 GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000282 ICOM-IC-007000 ICOM-IC-000701