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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz (12.5 kHz mod exists) kHz 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 50-905 MHz 10-80 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM: 3V (10dB S/N)
FM: 1.5V (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1V (12 dB SINAD @ 83 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC +/-15% 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 1 A ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1977 and 19xx in Japan Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 156 × 58 × 218 mm
(6.14 × 2.28 × 8.58 in)
180 × 75 × 180 mm
(7.09 × 2.95 × 7.09 in)
240 × 93 × 295 mm
(9.45 × 3.66 × 11.61 in)
Weight ? 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 22 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 22 diode programmable channels, 25 kHz spacing. Bandscope TV tuner front end ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000240 STANDARD-AX-000700 YAESU-FT-000707