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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 144-146 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-797 / 806-869 / 894-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? VHF Low: 0.2 μV
VHF Aircraft (20 dBq AM): 0.5 μV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 μV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.5 μV
UHF Low 300-406MHz: 0.6 μV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 μV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.4 μV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 μV
FM 12dB SINAD unless otherwise noted
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 100 W High: 2.5-5 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 W, El: 20 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6-16V DC 2×AA or mains
Current RX 900 mA Max 55 mA 120 mA max
TX Max 20 A Max 1.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 199x and 199x (early nineties) Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
58 × 1355 × 295 mm
(2.28 × 53.35 × 11.61 in)
60 × 127 × 27 mm
(2.36 × 5.00 × 1.06 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 380 gr (13.4 oz) with PB-10, antenna, and handstrap 190 gr (6.7 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 75 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000720A KENWOOD-TH-000026E GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000700