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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Better than ±10 p.p.m. (-20°C to +60° C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 137-174 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? Better than 0.2 µV FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? 12 kHz @ -6 dB / 28 kHz @ -60 dB FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 21.7 MHz & 450 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3.5 W @ 4 ohm for 10% THD 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 144-148 MHz 420-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output 100 W 50 / 25 / 10 / 5 W 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC (±10%), negative ground 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 300-600 mA 200-450 mA
TX 20 A max. 8 A (50 W) / 6 A (25 W) / 3 A (10 W) / 2 A (5 W) 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 2000 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
127 × 35 × 126 mm
(5.00 × 1.38 × 4.96 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 990 gr (2.2 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) 130 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
9K6 packet ready D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 YAESU-FT-001500M ICOM-ID-000031A