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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Single-band UHF mobile transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (200 channels with VXO) 0.5-29.995 MHz 400-470 MHz
Modulations FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 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)
25 / 12.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm 400 mW into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (200 channels with VXO) 10-160 m + WARC 400-470 MHz
Modulations FM   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   W-FM  
RF-output 10 W SSB/CW/FM: 1-10 W, AM: 1-4 W 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 4 A ?
TX ? 4 A max 1.8 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
120 × 40 × 90 mm
(4.72 × 1.57 × 3.54 in)
Weight ? 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 275 gr (9.7 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Alpha tags display
Big/small fonts
VOX
DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN FDK-MULTI-002000 ICOM-IC-000732S LEIXEN-VV-000808U