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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  10m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 28-29.7 MHz 8-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
Selectivity AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB 65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 700 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 28-29.7 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15 % 12 V DC (4 × AA cells)
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A 0.5-1 A 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode
TX 22 A max Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1988 and 199x in Japan Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
185 × 62 × 200 mm
(7.28 × 2.44 × 7.87 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 RADIOSHACK-REALISTIC-HTX-000100 YUPITERU-MVT-007000