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Maritime VHF Transceiver
External Speaker
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  None  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz) ? ?
Tuning steps 25 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
- 580-1340 kHz / 1.34-2.90 / 2.90-6.50 / 6.25-13.40 / 13.20-30.50 MHz
Modulations FM   - AM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD ? ≤ 2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 5 kHz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD 5 W 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
- -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 1 / 25 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω ? 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12 or(!) 24 V DC ? Mains (110 / 220 V AC)
Current RX 500 mA - 65 W
TX 5 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark Between 2012 and 2016 in Japan Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
200 × 150 × 343 mm
(7.87 × 5.91 × 13.50 in)
?
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
? Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SAILOR-RT000144 ICOM-SP-000034 EDDYSTONE-000556