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Mobile VHF Transceiver
6 band SSB/CW transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz 2.5-4.1 / 5-8 / 10-15.1 / 18-22 MHz 25 MHz - 1.3 GHz (excluding UHF-TV and Cellular)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz 1.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 10.1-10.15 / 14-14.5 / 18.068-18.168 / 21-21.5 MHz -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 10 / 1 W 5-8 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA 180 mA ?
TX 1.6-5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 19xx Between 20xx and 20xx in Canada Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
? 183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) ? 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Kit Mobile

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 25000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF-mike. Dual VFO's and scanning ? CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
TrunkTracker V - APCO 25 Phase 1, Phase 2, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS and LTR trunked systems
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
S.A.M.E. weather alert
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290A YOUKITS-TJ000006A ZUN-BCD996P2