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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  6m  2m  70cm  33cm  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Not specified ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 / 230-550 / 834-915 / 960.1-1000 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 410-512 / 806-950 MHz 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 29-54 / 137-174 MHz: 0.3 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.3 µV
806-956 MHz: 1.0 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.8 µV
FM/N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
15 kHz @ -50 dB FM: 55 dB
N-FM/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 ? 350 mW, 8 ohms, 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - 144-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   - FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output High: 50/50 W, Medium: 15/15 W, Low: 5/5 W - 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna N-type Built-in telescopic SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - External speaker -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12 V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX Max 1.1 A ? 200-450 mA
TX Max 12.5 A - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1990 and 199x in Philippines Between 2016 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 141 × 40 × 39 mm
(5.55 × 1.57 × 1.54 in)
230 × 57 × 165 mm
(9.06 × 2.24 × 6.50 in)
58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 1.38 kg (3.0 lbs) 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 512 channels in 1 bank(s) 50 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features GPS option. ? 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
Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-ID-000800D UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000855XLT ICOM-ID-000051A-PLUS2