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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  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 1600-4200 kHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
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
? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

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 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 5.5-11.5V DC 12 V DC or internal batteries 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 100-300 mA 2.0 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
492 × 232 × 220 mm
(19.37 × 9.13 × 8.66 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 1052 channels in 26 bank(s) 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
12 crystal controlled frequencies 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-E000080D SAILOR-R000103 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600