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VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz ? 25 / 20 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range TX/RX: 144-148 / 440-450 MHz
RX: 0.495-999.990 MHz
0.5-29.995 MHz 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-5 MHz: 2.2 µV
5-30 MHz: 1.4 µV
118-137 MHz: 1.4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-90 MHz: 0.45 µV
90-144 MHz: 0.2 µV
144-148 MHz: 0.18 µV
148-180 MHz: 0.2 µV
350-470 MHz: 0.18 µV
600-940 MHz: 1.4 µV
940-999.990 MHz: 2.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-108 MHz: 1.8 µV µV
600-800 MHz: 2.5 µV
SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
0.28 / 0.33 / 0.35 μV
Selectivity (Ham bands)
AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-10 dB), 700 kHz (-20 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
75 / 70 / 65 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection >40 dB > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm 5W (less than 5% distortion) 3W (less than 3% distortion)

Transmitter

TX-range TX/RX: 144-148 / 440-450 MHz
RX: 0.495-999.990 MHz
10-160 m + WARC 136-174 MHz
400-470 / 450-500 / 350-400 MHz (depending on version)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output High: 1.5 / 1 W, Low 1: 0.1 / 0.1 W SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W 5 / 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.7V DC (Lithium-Ion battery pack, 1800 mAh) 13.8V DC 13.6V DC ±15%
Current RX 80-150 mA 4 A 2 A max
TX Max 1.5 A 20 A max 8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 201x and 201x in China
Dimensions 47 × 81 × 28 mm
(1.85 × 3.19 × 1.10 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
152 × 43 × 125 mm
(5.98 × 1.69 × 4.92 in)
Weight 160 gr (5.6 oz) with battery and antenna 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1250 channels in 18 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features Alpha tags. CTCSS/DTCS ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-P000007A ICOM-IC-000732 HYTERA-TM-000600