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Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ± 0.05 p.p.m. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1-999.9 kHz in 0.1 kHz steps Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-3335 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   P25   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 6.3 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-3335 MHz: 1.4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
30-3335 MHz: 0.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-3335 MHz: 1.4 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 0.5 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
30-3335 MHz: 0.32 µV
? ?
Selectivity AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-3 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM (BW=350 Hz)
>150 kHz (-6 dB)
SSB/FSK (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2
? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters 240 / 50 / 15 / 6 / 3 kHz ? ?
Receiver system DSP ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 0.1-30 MHz: >70 dB30-3335 MHz: >50 dB ? ?
Audio output internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - AM   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output - 4 W 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + N-type + RCA (Tulip) - BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 100 VA max ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 424 × 149 × 340 mm
(16.69 × 5.87 × 13.39 in)
? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1220 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 40 channels/second 40 channels in bank(s) 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual DSP. 7" TFT. +40 dBm IP3. Spectrum scope. Two channel NB Five roofing filters. DVR. VSC. Analog TV reception (NTSC/PAL). CI-V/RS-232 ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN ICOM-IC-R009500 SPARKOMATIC-CB-005000 ICOM-IC-000705