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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) 10 ppm (0 to 60 C) ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz kHz 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz FM 87.5-108 MHz
MW 531-1602 kHz
SW1 2.300-7.800 MHz
SW2 9.100-26.10 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   N-AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   AM   FM   SSB  
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
Mode 0.1-0.5 MHz 0.5-2.0 MHz 2.0-30 MHz
AM* 2.0µV 0.5µV 0.4µV
LSB, USB 0.7µV 0.3µV 0.2µV
CW 0.3µV 0.2µV 0.1µV

(10dB S+N/N)
* 80% modulation
FM < 10 μV
MW < 3 mV/m
SW < 50 μV
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)
Continuously adjustable 100-15000 Hz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator PLL
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ф57mm 16Ω 0.3W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   - -
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 ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SMA Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC 3×AA batteries
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A 500mA ?
TX 22 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 200x and 200x Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
145 × 90 × 30 mm
(5.71 × 3.54 × 1.18 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 467 gr (1.0 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Mobile Headless Portable

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 24 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
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
DSP
Trunking option
12 kHz IF2 output
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Clock
Alarm
Sleep timer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 WINRADIO-WR-G000033EM TECSUN-PL-000757A