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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 144-146 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m
11 m optional
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ? ?
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz 10-80 m + 30 m
11 m optional
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W High: 25 W, Low: 5 W SSB: 560 W (PEP input), CW: 430 W (input)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/100 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 0.8-1 A 0.4-0.9 A ?
TX 15 A max Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1980 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
175 × 64 × 206 mm
(6.89 × 2.52 × 8.11 in)
400 × 160 × 350 mm
(15.75 × 6.30 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 18.14 kg (40.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) 15 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital voice/data (D-STAR) option (UT-118 (formerly UT-115)). Please note that this requires at least two similarly equiped radios. Weather channel with alert (US version only) CTCSS, DTCS and DTMF. Multi-color LCD. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H KENWOOD-TR-007850 YAESU-FTDX-000401