Compare rigs

Compare specifications between amateur radios. Simply select up to 3 radios and compare them side-by-side, including images and descriptions.

Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.02 p.p.m. OCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 / 400-479 MHz 144-146 / 220 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 144-146 / 220 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations FM   FM   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 45/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W High: 5/5 W, Low: ?/? W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ?V DC 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.5 A
TX 10.5 A max ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 165 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.50 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 36 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG4
RISC processor: 1.4 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEON
DSP processor: 1.2 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 121 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-003230H ICOM-IC-V000021AT FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006700