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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Handheld DSP 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) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 0.525-1.61 / 3.9-28 / 87.5-108 MHz 100-519 / 520-1710 kHz / 1.7-30 / 64-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
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
FM: 2µV
MW: 14µV
SW: 0.5µV
FM (S / N = 30dB) < 3 μV
MW (S / N = 26dB) < 3mV / m
LW (S / N = 26dB) < 5mV / m
SW (S / N = 26dB) < 20 μV
SSB (S / N = 10dB) < 3 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)
? FM > 35 dB (± 200kHz)
MW / LW > 40 dB (± 9kHz)
SW > 40 dB (± 5kHz)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double Superheterodyne Single / double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? FM: 10.7 MHz
MW/SW 1st: 1.985 MHz
SW 2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 55.845 / 10.7 MHz
2nd: 10.7 kHz
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3W max, 8 ohm 450 mW

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 Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in telescopic Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 4LR20 / D 3.7 v Li-ion battery
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A 7W ?
TX 22 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
305 × 200 × 100 mm
(12.01 × 7.87 × 3.94 in)
192 × 113 × 33 mm
(7.56 × 4.45 × 1.30 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) without batteries 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) incl. battery
Form factor Mobile Handheld Portable

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 650 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 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RF-002200 TECSUN-PL-000880