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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ?
Tuning steps ? 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.495-999 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe)
Modulations FM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 10-100 W High: 5 / 5 W, Mid1: 2.5 / 2.5 W, Mid2: 500/500 mW, Low: 100 / 100 mW

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 7.4V DC (battery pack) 10-16V DC (external)
Current RX Max 1.2 A ? ?
TX Max 11.5 A 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 2008 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 212 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 8.35 in)
304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
58 × 112 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.41 × 1.34 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 300 gr (10.6 oz) with BP-256
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 1200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
D-Star concept. Alpha tags. CTCSS and DTCS. Submersible (1 meter/30 minutes). Twin RX Optional speaker-mike with built-in GPS receiver (HM-175GPS) for extended D-Star functions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002710H ICOM-IC-000745 ICOM-IC-E000092D