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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   GMSK  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
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Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 144-147.995 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   GMSK  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) High: 7 W, Medium: 4 W, Low: 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 6-10.3V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA 2.7 A max 30-250 mA
TX 1.6-5 A 20 A max 1-2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2004 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
54 × 140 × 37 mm
(2.13 × 5.51 × 1.46 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 390 gr (13.8 oz) with ABP-222N
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 207 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF-mike. Dual VFO's and scanning DSP, Twin RX CTCSS / DTCS
GPS option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290H ICOM-IC-000756 ICOM-IC-V000082