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Handheld UHF Transceiver
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General

HAM bands 70cm  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Better than ± 0.002% Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? 10 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 144.000-148.995 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? < 1 µV input for 30 dB S/N 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 8 kHz @ -6 dB
16 kHz @ -70 dB
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 10% THD 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 144.000-145.995 MHz (European version)
144.000-148.995 MHz (US version)
10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 6 W, Low: ? W High: 15 W, Low: 2 W 100 W max

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? 400-550 mA 32 W
TX ? 1.25-2.5 A 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 180 × 60 × 215 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 8.46 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight ? 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 4 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000004GXE KDK-FM-002016AE KENWOOD-TS-000830M