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General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 30 Hz after 1 hour warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz / 1 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 1240-1300 MHz 144-148 MHz 0.03-30 MHz (Germany: 0.15-26.1 MHz)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 12.6 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV (Preamp on)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Preamp on)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 2 µV (Preamp on)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Preamp on)
Selectivity ? ? AM
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
>15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/AM Narrow
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 250 / 500 Hz CW filters optional
Receiver system ? XTAL Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 1240-1300 MHz 144-148 MHz -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 1-10 W High: 3 W, Low: 0.5 W ?

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 + Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 / 500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX ? 55-270 mA 1.2 A max
TX ? 350-750 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 19xx Between 1977 and 19xx in Japan Between 1992 and 1998 in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
61 × 183 × 162 mm
(2.40 × 7.20 × 6.38 in)
241 × 94 × 229 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.02 in)
Weight ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) batteries included 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 15 channels in 1 bank(s) 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ATV option. CI-V ? Clock & timer
Pre-amp (10 dB)
Attenuator (20 dB)
Accessories ? ? UI-8 FM receive unit (optional)
CR-64 High-stability crystal unit (optional)
UT-36 Voice synthesizer unit (optional)
UR-1 Receiver protection unit (optional)
MPN ICOM-IC-001275 ICOM-IC-000215E ICOM-IC-R000072DC