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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C)
Tuning steps ? ? 1 ppm (25C 2C) kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz 9 kHz - 30 MHz (9 kHz - 180 MHz optional)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 39.8 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 1.78 µV
50-54 MHz: 1.58 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.6 MHz: 4 µV
1.6-21.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
21.5-30 MHz: 0.18 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.18 µV
Mode 0.15?0.5 MHz 0.5?1.5 MHz 1.5?30 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?103dBm
(1.6V) ?106dBm
(1.1V) ?108dBm
(0.9V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?111dBm
(0.63V) ?115dBm
(0.4V) ?116dBm
(0.35V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?115dBm
(0.40V) ?118dBm
(0.28V) ?119dBm
(0.25V)
CW ?122dBm
(0.18V) ?125dBm
(0.13V) ?130dBm
(0.07V)
FM ?110dBm
(0.7V) ?113dBm
(0.5V) ?117dBm
(0.32V)
Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW
2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 40.055 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 16 (12-22) kHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB 1.8-7.3 MHz: 80 dB 7.3-30 MHz: 70 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 600 ohm line audio

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output High: 25/25 W, Low 2: 10/10 W, Low 1: 1/1 W AM: 40 W, FM: 50 W, SSB/CW: 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-16 V DC From PCI interface
Current RX 0.8-1.2 A 1.5 A ?
TX Max 8 A 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1990 and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x in Japan Between 200x and 200x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 195 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.68 in)
270 × 96 × 270 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 10.63 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
Weight 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs) 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station PC-card

Other features

Memories 36 channels in 1 bank(s) 31 channels in 3 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? IF Shift
RIT
VFO Tuning Torque adjust
Multifunction meter
Speech processor
Numerous I/O jacks
RF attenuator
DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-003220E KENWOOD-TS-000680S WINRADIO-WR-G000313I