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Mobile Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  6m  None 
Freq. stability ? ± 1.5 kHz after first hour +/-15 Hz (below 23 MHz, at -30°C ~ +60°C)
Tuning steps ? Four bands divided into 1 MHz segments. VFO barrel tuner sealed unit. Tuning range before retune is 100 kHz 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 50-54 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.25 µV
FM: 1 µV
*0.50000~1.79999 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 6.3 µV, AM 30 µV

*1.80000~30.0000 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 0.5 µV, AM 3.16 µV (For 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? CW: ≤ 4.0 kHz at -50dB
AM: ≤ 12 kHz at -40dB
FM: ≤ 32 kHz at -50dB
SSB 2.3 kHz/-6 dB, 4.2 kHz/-60 dB
AM 6 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
CW, FSK 500 Hz/-6 dB, 1.6 kHz/-60 dB* (*with optional FL-32A CW and RTTY Narrow Filter
Filters ? None ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Double-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz SSB - 1st 69.0115, 2nd 9.0115
CW, FSK - 1st 69.0106, 2nd 9.0106
AM - 1st 69.0100, 2nd 9.0100 (Unit: MHz)
Image rejection ? ≥ 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 2 W 5 W internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 50-54 MHz 2–3 / 4–5 / 6–7 / 8–9 / 12–14 / 16-17 / 18–19 / 22–23 / 25–26 MHz (Approx)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
RF-output Max 25 W 10 W 150 W max (60 W above 23 MHz)

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains 13.6 V DC
Current RX ? ? 2 A max
TX ? 3 A max 30 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 19xx Between 1968 and 1971 in Japan (not available for export) Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 230 × 111 × 260 mm
(9.06 × 4.37 × 10.24 in)
287 × 112 × 62 mm
(11.30 × 4.41 × 2.44 in)
Weight 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs) 5.30 kg (11.7 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None 1005 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? BFO
Optional AC supply
Built in SWR meter with calibration pot on back of radio
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000471E ICOM-IC-000071 ICOM-IC-M000810