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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   CW  
Sensitivity 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
? ≥ 2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ≥ 100 dB ?
Audio output ? 1W diagnostic speaker 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144–146 / 430–440MHz 160-6 m -
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV   -
RF-output 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM ?

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC + SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 5.5-11.5V DC 13.8V DC ± 15% Mains
Current RX ? 2.0 A 65 W
TX ? 23 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 ? ?
Form factor Handheld Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-E000080D FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600 EDDYSTONE-000504