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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? Less than ±30Hz after warm up, less than ±200Hz during warm up (60 minutes).
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz 5 ~ 100 kHz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 30-1300 MHz 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? SSB, CW, RTTY: 0.16 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
AM: 13 µV (0.5-1.6 MHz)
AM: 2 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
Selectivity FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
? 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
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ? 70dB
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? 2W@10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-148 / 430-450 MHz 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W 350/300 mW 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% 3V DC 12V DC
Current RX 0.8-1 A 38-170 mA 2A
TX 15 A max Max 440 mA 20A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1998 and 2001 Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
58 × 86 × 27 mm
(2.28 × 3.39 × 1.06 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 170 gr (6.0 oz) incl battery and antenna 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital voice/data (D-STAR) option (UT-118 (formerly UT-115)). Please note that this requires at least two similarly equiped radios. Weather channel with alert (US version only) CTCSS, DTCS and DTMF. Multi-color LCD. CTCSS / DCS
RIT
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H ICOM-IC-Q000007A ICOM-IC-000078