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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm  23cm 
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) ±0.5 ppm (after 1 min. @ 25 °C) ± 2.5 ppm
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 1 / 10 Hz / 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 0.531-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
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)
SSB/CW (2 kHz): 0.2 µV
AM (6 kHz): 2 µV
FM: 0.5 µV
?
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
? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 3/6/15 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69.450 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
3rd: 30 kHz
10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) > 70 dB 60 dB
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 2.5 W into 4 Ohms with <10 % THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 5-100W (AM: 2-25 W) 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 13.8V DC or mains 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 2 A max 80 VA max 200 mA
TX 20 A max 450 VA max 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2007 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
410 × 135 × 350 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.78 in)
61 × 106 × 38 mm
(2.40 × 4.17 × 1.50 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 296 gr (10.4 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 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 IF-DSP
RF and LF scope
High dynamic range front end
1:st IF 6 KHz and 12 KHz roofing filters.
Twin RX
Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 YAESU-FT-002000 ALINCO-DJ-G000007E