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Mobiele VHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
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 ? 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 1 µV SSB/CW: Better than 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: Better than 0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
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: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
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 XTAL ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 60 dB More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 750 mW 1-10 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground)
Current RX ? Max 0.6 A 2 A max
TX ? Max 2.3 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1971 Between 1980 and 198x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
241 × 111 × 264 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 10.39 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 3 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000030-'TWOER' ICOM-IC-000251E ICOM-IC-000718