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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W ? 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 700-900 mA ? 200-450 mA
TX 1.6-5 A - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
380 × 250 × 180 mm
(14.96 × 9.84 × 7.09 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators 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 ICOM-IC-000290D KENWOOD-000009R-59 ICOM-ID-000051E