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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  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 ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 / 87-108 / 118-137 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   SSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM 0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
AM 118-137 MHz: 4 µV (1000 Hz, 30% mod)
W-FM: 4 µV (20 dB S/N, mono)
SSB: 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? 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 AM/SSB (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <12 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=4 kHz)
>4 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB (BW=2.3 kHz)
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <5 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 ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB (0.1-30 / 118-137 MHz)>50 dB (87-108 MHz) ? 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 - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? High: 25/25 W, Low 2: 10/10 W, Low 1: 1/1 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W

Connections

Antenna F-type + Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9V DC (6R20/D) or mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground)
Current RX 510-830 mA 0.8-1.2 A 2 A max
TX - Max 8 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 2004 in China Between 1990 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 54 × 24 × 22 mm
(2.13 × 0.94 × 0.87 in)
140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 70 channels in 1 bank(s) 36 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 ANL. Dual clock. ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000800 ICOM-IC-003220E ICOM-IC-000718