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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-797 / 806-869 / 894-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
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 AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/RTTY (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <2.8 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (BW=500 H
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
3rd: 36 KHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >70 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/50-54 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 5-100/5-100 W (AM: 5-40 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 2×AA or mains
Current RX Max 3.5 A 120 mA max
TX Max 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 2001 in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
60 × 127 × 27 mm
(2.36 × 5.00 × 1.06 in)
Weight 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs) 190 gr (6.7 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 75 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features IF-DSP. Built-in auto-AT (HF: 16.7-150 ohms / 6 m: 20-125 ohms) Built-in keyer and RTTY demodulator. Twin RX USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000756-PRO GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000700