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Mobile VHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up)
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 68-88 / 88-108 / 148-174 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
Filters ? ? 15, 6 and 3 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) More than 70 dB
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC/6 m
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle!

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains, 85-265 VAC
Current RX ? 2 A max Max 210 VA
TX - 20 A max Max 800 VA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1974 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x Between 2007 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 210 × 65 × 200 mm
(8.27 × 2.56 × 7.87 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
Weight 1.98 kg (4.4 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in FM radio receiver (W-FM)
8 ON/OFF channels
DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HANDIC-000007 ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-007700