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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 ppm ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 118-174 MHz 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ?
Audio output ? 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
50-54 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV   All mode  
RF-output ? High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W 3 W @ 6 VDC, 10 W @ 13.8 VDC

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 -
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 13.8V DC ±15% 6V DC (4LR20) or 13.8V DC external
Current RX ? 0.8-1 A 300 mA
TX - 15 A max Max 2.9 A (10 W)

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1982 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions ? 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
230 × 76 × 189 mm
(9.06 × 2.99 × 7.44 in)
Weight ? 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs) with batteries
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 207 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. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 ICOM-IC-002200H ICOM-IC-000505