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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF/VHF Transverter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 8.22 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 0.5-1.8 / 76-108 / 108-222 / 300-1000 MHz 28.0-29.7 <- 144-145.7 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM Stereo   All mode  
Sensitivity AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
300-336 MHz: 0.8 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
137-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
150-174 MHz: 0.25 µV
336-420 MHz: 0.25 µV
420-470 MHz: 0.2 µV
800-900 MHz: 0.4 µV
900-1000 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-108 MHz: 2 µV
174-222 MHz: 1 µV
470-800 MHz: 5 µV
1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 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 / 430-440 MHz (Asia) 28.0-29.7 -> 144-145.7 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   All mode  
RF-output ? 10/7 W SSB/CW: 16 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 11.7-15.8V DC 12-16 V DC or mains
Current RX ? 0.5 A ?
TX - 8.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 2007 and 200x Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
112 × 38 × 178 mm
(4.41 × 1.50 × 7.01 in)
168 × 153 × 336 mm
(6.61 × 6.02 × 13.23 in)
Weight 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs) 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs)
Form factor Portable Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 500 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Alpha tags. Bluetooth. Clock/Calendar. WIRES-ready. Line in. PA. DTMF, CTCSS & DCS. 9K6 packet ready. Twin RX Built-in speaker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006800W STANDARD-FTM-000010S KENWOOD-TV-000502