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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Remotely operated HF/VHF SDR 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 ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
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 1.7 A
TX ? - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 201x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Denmark Between 2017 and 2024 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
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-E000080D SAILOR-R000103 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400