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General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 20 Hz per °C after 30 minute warmup
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 kHz ? Continuous, 17 kHz per revolution of the main tuning knob

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM/FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 3 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 15 µV
? <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double direct conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 225.4125 MHz
2nd: 45 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? Internal speaker + 1 W output @ 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM/RTTY: 5-100/5-100 W (100% duty cycle), AM: 5-40/5-40 W 30-40 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 35-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15% 12V DC or mains
Current RX Max 500 mA Max 3.5 A ?
TX - Max 23 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2003 and 200x in Japan Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
318 × 156 × 305 mm
(12.52 × 6.14 × 12.01 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs) 7.03 kg (15.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 32 bit IF-DSP. Built-in RTTY demodulator and auto-ATU. IP3 = +30 dBm, Twin RX Full QSK
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225 ICOM-IC-000756-PRO-III TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021-(570)