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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
DMR FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz all-mode incl WFM 0.1-30 MHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? ? -117 dBm (Ber 5%) for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
10-160m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   DMR  
RF-output 100/100/50/20 W 10-100 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 7.2 V DC (1700 mAh Li-ion)
Current RX 1.8-2.0 A ? 400 mA
TX Max 20 A 20 A max 800-1550 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 2010 Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
113 × 56 × 35 mm
(4.45 × 2.20 × 1.38 in)
Weight 2.45 kg (5.4 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 275 gr (9.7 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 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 107 memories (99 regular, 6 scan edges, 2 call channels) All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
LCD display
DTMF keypad
ETSI Standard audio encryption
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000706MKIIG ICOM-IC-000745 CONNECT-SYSTEMS-INC-CS000700