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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 23cm  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ±10 p.p.m. @ -10 to +60°C (14 to 140°F) ? ?
Tuning steps 10./ 20 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 1260-1300 MHz 10-160 m 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.22 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 136.6 MHz
2nd: 17.2 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output .4 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohm ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 1260-1300 MHz 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W 10 W SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 0.8-12 A ? 4 A
TX 3-6 A ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 200 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.87 in)
348 × 145 × 347 mm
(13.70 × 5.71 × 13.66 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 10.00 kg (22.1 lbs) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 22 channels in 1 bank(s) 11 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/PL encoder
AFC
RIT/VXO
Dimmer.
Full QSK ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-001201 JRC-JST-000100S ICOM-IC-000732