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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ±2.5 ppm +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 400-430 MHz (UHF Lo version)
430-450 MHz (UHF Mid version)
450-470 MHz (UHF Hi version)
160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
<0.2µV (12dB SINAD) Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
25 or 12.5 kHz ?
Filters 15, 6 and 3 kHz ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection More than 70 dB ≥60dB 74 dB typical
Audio output More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ? 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 400-430 MHz (UHF Lo version)
430-450 MHz (UHF Mid version)
450-470 MHz (UHF Hi version)
160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! 4W or less 1 - 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains, 85-265 VAC 6V DC or internal Li-ion battery 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX Max 210 VA ? 550 mA
TX Max 800 VA ? 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 200x and 20xx in China Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
54.2 × 108 × 37.4 mm
(2.13 × 4.25 × 1.47 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 273 gr (9.6 oz) including battery 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 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 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Time-out Timer
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007700 PUXING-PX-000999 TEN-TEC-000539