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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 138-174 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-797 / 806-869 / 894-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? VHF Low: 0.2 μV
VHF Aircraft (20 dBq AM): 0.5 μV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 μV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.5 μV
UHF Low 300-406MHz: 0.6 μV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 μV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.4 μV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 μV
FM 12dB SINAD unless otherwise noted
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 140.1-150 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 2×AA or mains
Current RX ? 900 mA 120 mA max
TX Max 6 A Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1980 and 198x Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 137 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 5.39 in)
241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
60 × 127 × 27 mm
(2.36 × 5.00 × 1.06 in)
Weight ? 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 190 gr (6.7 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 75 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000228A ICOM-IC-000720A GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000700