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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-550 / 810-999.99 MHz (Cellular blocked) 138-174 MHz 0.01-3300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity <0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity FM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
FM-N: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA) 144-148 / 440-450 / 1240-1300 MHz -
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   FM   -
RF-output High: 50/50 W, Medium: 15/15 W, Low: 5/5 W High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 6-15V DC 12V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 1.2-1.8 A Max 590 mA Max 1.25 A
TX Max 13 A Max 1.9 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 150 × 40 × 188 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 7.40 in)
58 × 145 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.71 × 1.93 in)
146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
Weight 2 gr (0.1 oz) Main unit + Controller 635 gr (1.4 lbs) with BP-100 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 522 channels in 1 bank(s) 78 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF. CTCSS. WX alert (US only). D-Star DV/GPS option (UT-123). Diversity reception. Twin RX. Triple RX CTCSS/DTCS
DSP option (UT-106)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002820H ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001A ICOM-IC-PCR001500