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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Professional HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? ?
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 255-525 KHz / 1.5-30.3 MHz 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK  
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 14 tubes ?
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)
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Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   - -
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50 Ω 60 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% Mains Mains
Current RX 0.8-1 A ? Max 60 W
TX 15 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 195x and 19xx in Germany Between 1970 and 1987 in Sweden
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
550 × 355 × 407 mm
(21.65 × 13.98 × 16.02 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 38.00 kg (83.8 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Commercial / Land mobile communication
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. ? Remote control
FSK demodulation option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H SIEMENS-000745-E309B SRT-CR000304A