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General

HAM bands ? 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≥ 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (20 minutes)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 480 kHz - 30 MHz in five bands 136-174 / 420-480 MHz
1240-1320 MHz (with UX-910 option)
0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? FM: <0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: <0.11 µV (10 dB S/N)
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Selectivity ? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
FM-N: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N: 0.5 kHz (-6 kHz), 1.34 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single Conversion Superheterodyne, 15 tubes Single- double- or triple conversion superheterodyne, depending on band and mode IF frequency matrix ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 2m/70cm: >60 dB 23cm: >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Asia)
1260-1300 MHz/10 W (with UX-910 option)
10-160 m + WARC / 6 m
Modulations - FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 5-50 / 5-50 W, 1-10 W on 23cm (with UX-910 option) 5 W on battery, 10 W on external power

Connections

Antenna - N-type BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC +/-15% 9-15 V DC
Current RX 80 W Max 3.5 A (with UX-910) 550 mA
TX - Max 23 A 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1952 and 1962 in Great Britain Between 2000 and 200x in Japan Between 2022 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 426 × 222 × 381 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
180 × 86 × 49 mm
(7.09 × 3.39 × 1.93 in)
Weight 21.30 kg (47.0 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) without UX-910 ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? 212 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features • ¼" Head. Jack • S-Meter • Rack Handles • Calibrator 100 kHz • RF Gain • BFO ±3 kHz • Mute • 140:1 Tune Ratio • Standby • NL • Dial Lamp • Dimmer (back panel) • AVC ON/OFF • Flywheel Tuning Dual 9K6 packet ports and built-in keyer. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN EDDYSTONE-000680X ICOM-IC-000910D XIEGU-X006100