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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions. ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
0.5-30 MHz 0.5-1.6 MHz / 49 / 41 / 31 / 25 / 19 / 16 / 13 m / 76-108 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   AM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
?
Filters ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
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Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 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 BNC Burndept Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-15V DC Mains ?V DC
Current RX Max 590 mA ? ?
TX Max 1.9 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1983 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 58 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
180 × 120 × 35 mm
(7.09 × 4.72 × 1.38 in)
Weight 585 gr (1.3 lbs) with BP-100 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs) 640 gr (1.4 lbs) including batteries
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 69 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Triple RX ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001E RACAL-RA-000017L SONY-ICF-007600A