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VHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps 12.5 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-147.9875 MHz (320 channels) 2.009-2.555 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 1 µV (25 dB SINAD) ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity 7.5 kHz (-6 dB) ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection Better than 60 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-147.9875 MHz (320 channels) 2.009-2.555 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations FM   - FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output High: 45 W (100% duty cycle!), Low: 5 W ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 10-16V DC 12 V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 300 mA ? 200-450 mA
TX Max 8 A ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 1980 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark (By SP Radio) Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 156 × 58 × 290 mm
(6.14 × 2.28 × 11.42 in)
330 × 381 × 165 mm
(12.99 × 15.00 × 6.50 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 320 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-TS-000280FM-(US-VERSION) SAILOR-000076D ICOM-ID-000051A