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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
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 430-440 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (E)
144-148 MHz (A)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity ? 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)
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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
12 kHz (-6 dB)
28 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 38.85 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 280 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (E)
144-148 MHz (A)
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 7.5-16V DC
Current RX ? 2 A max 50 mA
TX ? 20 A max 1.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions ? 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
62 × 166 × 37 mm
(2.44 × 6.54 × 1.46 in)
Weight ? 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 361 gr (12.7 oz)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 60 channels in 1 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 CTCSS / DCS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000003J ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TH-000235A/E