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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 15 kHz ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ±15 kHz (-6 dB)
±25 kHz (-50 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W into 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 / 440-450 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 1 / 10 W 10-100 W (AM 10-50 W) 5 W / 0.5 W / 15 mW

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.5V DC ±20%, neg. ground 13.8V DC 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 150 mA ? ?
TX 2 A max ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1995 and 199x
Dimensions 156 × 58 × 205 mm
(6.14 × 2.28 × 8.07 in)
425 × 149 × 411 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 16.18 in)
57 × 125 × 36 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.42 in)
Weight 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 380 gr (13.4 oz) with BP-171
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 22 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 109 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CRT Clock
Detachable speaker/mike
Twin RX
Alpha tags
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000022A ICOM-IC-000780 ICOM-IC-Z000001A