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Mobile 2m Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  ?
Freq. stability ± 10 p.p.m. (-10 °C ~ +60 °C) ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 1000 kHz 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 0.01-60 MHz 0.5-30.5 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity < 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne SDR, Direct conversion, low IF 16 tubes
IF-freqs. 1st: 17.2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection > 60 dB 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output 2.4 W @ 10% THD into 8 ohm 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
160-6m -
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   -
RF-output High: 50 W, Low 3: 25 W, Low 2: 10 W, Low 1: 5 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ± 10% Mains
Current RX Max 0.5 A 1.5A ?
TX Max 10.5 A 30A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 155 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.10 in)
449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
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Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PLL IC: PLL2001 SDR (Software Defined Radio) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000229H FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C COLLINS-000051J-2