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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 350-512 MHz 0.495–999.990MHz MHz 80-10 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) 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
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Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 30.85 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 144–146 / 430–440MHz -
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   FM   -
RF-output High: 35 W, Medium: 20 W, Low: 5 W 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.7-15.8V DC 5.5-11.5V DC External PSU (Icom IC-700PS)
Current RX 400-600 mA ? ?
TX Max 10 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
255 × 200 × 240 mm
(10.04 × 7.87 × 9.45 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 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 1K2/9K6 TNC option (EJ-41U), GPS input for APRS. CTCSS, DCS Theft alarm. RoHS compliant DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000435E-MKIII ICOM-IC-E000080D ICOM-IC-000700R