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Mobile VHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB)
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 80-100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1
Current RX 900 mA max ? ?
TX 3.1 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
330 × 195 × 355 mm
(12.99 × 7.68 × 13.98 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 9.50 kg (21.0 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290E KENWOOD-TS-000515 SONY-ICF-006800W