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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-146 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W High: Max 5 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6.3-16V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 700-900 mA 11-100 mA 200-450 mA
TX 1.6-5 A Max 1.7 A 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1987 and 19xx Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
67 × 173 × 37 mm
(2.64 × 6.81 × 1.46 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 540 gr (1.2 lbs) with PB-2 and antenna 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290D KENWOOD-TH-000215E ICOM-ID-000051E