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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile 2m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  6m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 40/15/6 m 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.79 MHz: 0.5 µV
1.6-30 MHz: 0.16 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV
AM (6 kHz BW, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-30 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (15 kHz BW, 12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.25 µV
Selectivity SSB/RTTY (2.4 kHz BW)
2.4 kHz (-3 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (500 Hz BW)
500 Hz (-3 dB), 700 Hz (-60 dB)
AM (6 kHz BW)
6 kHz (-3 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (15 kHz BW)
12
SSB: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 400 Hz (-6 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.1 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection Better than 70 dB ? 65 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 40/15/6 m 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! Max 10 W 5 / 85 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 85-265 VAC 13.8V DC or mains 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX Max 210 VA Max 600 mA 1 A
TX Max 800 VA Max 4 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2015 and 201x in China
Dimensions 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
246 × 99 × 269 mm
(9.69 × 3.90 × 10.59 in)
164 × 44 × 184 mm
(6.46 × 1.73 × 7.24 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 500 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 4×32 bit DSP's. Built-in RTTY/PSK31 encoder/decoder. Built-in auto-AT. 7" color TFT with VGA output. Twin RX Spectrum scope. Digital voice recorder RS-232C. Built-in voice synthesizer Compact Flash card for storing personal settings. ? CTCSS / PL
DCS
2-tone
DTMF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007800 NCG-000007/21/50 ALINCO-DR-B000185