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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  6m 
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 8-1300 MHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   FM   W-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ? 60dB
Audio output ? 700 mW, 8 ohm 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12 V DC (4 × AA cells) 7.4 V DC
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode ?
TX 22 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1990 and 19xx Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ? 206 gr (7.3 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
? 1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 YUPITERU-MVT-007000 WOUXUN-KG-000819