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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 0.09-30 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
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
? 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
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)
? 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - -
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 ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 24V DC or mains 24V DC or mains
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A ? 36W
TX 22 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
489 × 190 × 305 mm
(19.25 × 7.48 × 12.01 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 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 ICOM-IC-007000 JRC-NRD-000091 JRC-NRD-000302A