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VHF Transceiver
Base Station VHF Receiver
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  2m  1.25m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C
Tuning steps 5 / 15 kHz ? 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.8-148.2 MHz (USA)
30-330 MHz 0.250-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
Sensitivity Better than 0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting ? 0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity 15 kHz (-6 dB) / 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter)
Receiver system ? ? SDR Processing Architecture
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? >85 dB
Audio output Internal speaker External speaker or headphones Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
143.8-148.2 MHz (USA)
- 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations FM   - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK  
RF-output 2 / 45 W - 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC Separate PSU 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational)
Current RX 600-750 mA ? 120 mA
TX 2.7-9.5 A - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany Between 201x and 20xx in Australia
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 222 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 8.74 in)
570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
Weight 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery
Form factor Mobile Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000025H ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG CODAN-002110M