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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ± 10 p.p.m. (-10°C to +60°C) ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 2-12 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   AFSK   AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Less than 0.15 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? ?
Selectivity More than 6/3 kHz at -6 dB, Less than 14/9 kHz at -60 dB ? SSB
2.4 kHz @ -3 dB
4.5 kHz @ -60 dB

AM/FM
12 kHz @ -3 dB
32 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st 21.7 MHz
2nd 450 kHz
465 kHz ?
Image rejection 75 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output More than 2 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Asia)
144-148 MHz (USA)
2-12 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   AFSK   AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 5 / 10 / 25 / 75 W 10/12.5 W 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC +/-15% (negative ground) 24V DC 13.5 (11...16) V DC
Current RX 0.3-1 A ? 600 mA
TX 15 A max ? 2.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x in Japan Between 1958 and 1970 in Netherlands Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany
Dimensions 150 × 50 × 150 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 5.91 in)
245 × 475 × 295 mm
(9.65 × 18.70 × 11.61 in)
193 × 88 × 260 mm
(7.60 × 3.46 × 10.24 in)
Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 21.50 kg (47.4 lbs) 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Selectable green or amber display. CTCSS and DCS. Standard DTMF encoder and optional decoder. Weather alert scan (US version only). ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-V008000 VAN-DER-HEEM-GRC-003030 SEMCOSET-SEMCO-ROTO-S