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Mobiele VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-148 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 0.495–999.990MHz MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity 1 µV SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output 1 W undistorted (according to manual...) More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144–146 / 430–440MHz
Modulations AM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output 750 mW AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6 or 12V DC or mains 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 5.5-11.5V DC
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX ? 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1971 Between 2000 and 200x Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
Weight 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-HW-000030-'TWOER' ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-E000080D