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VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 30 kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 146-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/50-54 MHz 118-174 / 230-550 / 834-915 / 960.1-1000 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.4 µV or better ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 146-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/50-54 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 100 / 100 W High: 50/50 W, Medium: 15/15 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 1.1 A
TX 2.5 A max ? Max 12.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2004 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions ? 330.2 × 111.76 × 284.48 mm
(13.00 × 4.40 × 11.20 in)
141 × 40 × 39 mm
(5.55 × 1.57 × 1.54 in)
Weight ? 10.48 kg (23.1 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 67 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? GPS option.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000230 ICOM-IC-000736 ICOM-ID-000800D