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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than 50 Hz/hr drift after warm up under constant supply and temperature conditions.
Tuning steps 5 / 15 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 140-150 MHz 430-440 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 13 kHz @-6db
6.5 kHz @-6db
3 kHz @-6db
1.2 kHz @-6db
300 Hz @-6db
100 Hz @-6db
Filters ? ? 13 / 6.5 / 3 / 1.2 / 0.3 / 0.1 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Double/triple conversion, 23 tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 40 kHz
2.5 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 140-150 MHz 430-440 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W Max 25 W ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type Burndept
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains Mains
Current RX Max 600 mA ? ?
TX Max 6 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 1984 and 19xx Between 1957 and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 140 × × 177 mm
(5.51 × 0.00 × 6.97 in)
? 480 × 265 × 510 mm
(18.90 × 10.43 × 20.08 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 30.50 kg (67.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000027A ICOM-IC-000471E RACAL-RA-000017L