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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 0.01-3300 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 25 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 2.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 2 µV
700-1300 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-50 MHz: 0.63 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.5 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.63 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 5.6 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 18 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
50-700 MHz: 1.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 1.8 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 18 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 56 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 5 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
<0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? AM/FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 50 kHz (-6 dB), 230 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - 10-80 m
Modulations FM   - CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 10 W ? SSB: 500 W (PEP input), CW: 500 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 40/100 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC +/- 15% Mains
Current RX Max 0.6 A Max 1.5 A ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1991 and 199x Between 2006 and 200x Between 196x and 197x in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Dimensions 139.7 × 50.8 × 184.15 mm
(5.50 × 2.00 × 7.25 in)
146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
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Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 1.35 kg (3.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS CTCSS/DTCS. Dual watch and diversity reception. DSP (UT-106) and D-Star (UT-118) options. ALC
CW filter option
CW side tone and break-in operation
Logging scale
Six pole xtal lattice filter
Solid state VFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AZDEN-PCS-006000H ICOM-IC-PCR002500 GALAXY-V-MARK-III