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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  6m  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 2.5 ppm (0 to 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 0.495-999.990 MHz (Cellular blocked) 9 kHz - 50 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: -101 dBm (2.00 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 30% modulation
SSB: -116 dBm (0.35 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 2.1 kHz BW
CW: -123 dBm (0.16 µV) @ 10 dB S+N/N, 500 Hz BW
FM: -112 dBm (0.56 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD, 3 kHz deviation, 12 kHz BW, audio filter 300-3000 Hz, deemphasis -6dB/oct
Selectivity ? ? 10 Hz - 2 MHz (selectable in 21 coarse steps, fine adjustment in 1 Hz steps)
Filters ? ? Cut-off frequency 1.8 MHz @ -3 dB Attenuation 60 dB min @ 0.5 MHz
Receiver system ? ? DDirect-sampling, digitally down-converting software-defined receiver
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 70 dB ? 100 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 50-54 / 144-148 / 440-450 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM   -
RF-output SSB/CW/FM/RTTY: 5-100/5-100 W (100% duty cycle), AM: 5-40/5-40 W High: 5/5/5 W, Low: 0.5/0.5/0.5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 5.5-11.5V DC 12V DC
Current RX Max 3.5 A 65-220 mA 500 mA
TX Max 23 A Max 2 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in Japan Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 2010 and 20xx
Dimensions 340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
58 × 87 × 29 mm
(2.28 × 3.43 × 1.14 in)
?
Weight 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) with BP-217 and antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories ? 555 channels in 18 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 32 bit IF-DSP. Built-in RTTY demodulator and auto-ATU. IP3 = +30 dBm, Twin RX DTMF and CTCSS. RIT +/- 5 KHz. 10 dB attenuator. PC-programmable. Alpha tags. DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
USB 2.0 computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000756-PRO-III ICOM-IC-T000090 WINRADIO-WR-G000031DDC-'EXCALIBUR'