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Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 MHz all-mode incl WFM 0.030-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM  
RF-output 100/100/10 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) ?
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX ? 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 102 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options PLL frequency control
Tube final stage
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000706 ICOM-IC-000718 GEMTRONICS-GTX-005000