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VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.4 µV (20 dB S/N) ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity 10 kHz (-6 dB) ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 0.5-10 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: ?/?, Low: ?/? W 100 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains ?V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 295 W
TX ? ? 32 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 199x and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 230 × 111 × 260 mm
(9.06 × 4.37 × 10.24 in)
? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 7.20 kg (15.9 lbs) ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 42 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Diode matrix programmable Twin RX VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000021A KENWOOD-TH-000077E KENWOOD-TS-000830S