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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.495-999 MHz 108-950 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe) 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   FM  
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) High: 5 / 5 W, Mid1: 2.5 / 2.5 W, Mid2: 500/500 mW, Low: 100 / 100 mW High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.5/0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7.4V DC (battery pack) 10-16V DC (external) 4.5-16V DC
Current RX Max 1.5 A ? 40-210 mA
TX Max 20 A ? Max 1.6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x Between 2008 and 200x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
58 × 112 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.41 × 1.34 in)
57 × 137 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 5.39 × 1.30 in)
Weight 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) with BP-256 450 gr (15.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 1200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? D-Star concept. Alpha tags. CTCSS and DTCS. Submersible (1 meter/30 minutes). Twin RX Optional speaker-mike with built-in GPS receiver (HM-175GPS) for extended D-Star functions Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000728 ICOM-IC-E000092D ICOM-IC-W000032E