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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-160 m + CB and WWV 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) AM: 0.75 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB)
4.2 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 7.8 MHz
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB Better than 60 dB (15-160 m) Better than 50 dB (10 m) ≥ 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 3 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-160 m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   USB   LSB  
RF-output FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W SSB: 200 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), AM/FSK: 50 W (input) AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W (PEP)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.5V DC 11.7-15.9 V DC
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A Max 1.1 A 2 A
TX 22 A max Max 21 A 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 197x and 19xx Between 1978 and 1979 in Taiwan
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
232 × 65 × 275 mm
(9.13 × 2.56 × 10.83 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 3.55 kg (7.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
? PA
ANL
Noise Blanker
RF & Mic gain
SWR-meter
Tone
Dimmer
Scanning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 YAESU-FT-000301 PRESIDENT-ADAMS