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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz
Image rejection >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W 10-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA ?
TX 1.6-5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1981 and 1987 in USA
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290D TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525)