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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  80m  6m  2m  1.25m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-3300 MHz 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) 30-330 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS ?
IF-freqs. 1st:
2nd:
? 1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker Internal speaker External speaker or headphones

Transmitter

TX-range - 80 m (25 kHz per XTAL) -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 2 W -

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC +/- 15% 9.5V DC Separate PSU
Current RX Max 1.25 A 68 mA ?
TX - Max 600 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x in Japan Between 1985 and 2002 in Japan Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany
Dimensions 146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
Weight 1 gr (0.0 oz) Box + Panel 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DTCS
DSP option (UT-106)
Detachable front panel
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R001500 JIM-MX-000003.5S ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG