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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
DESKTOP/MOBILE SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? ?
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.8 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 12-16 V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA ? ?
TX 1.6-5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 199x and 199x Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
? 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 1800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Trunking: Motorola, LTR, EDACS
Spectrum sweeper
CTCSS/PL + DCS
Weather channels
Object oriented memory
1800 programmable objects
EEPROM storage
PC-programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290D TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) WHISTLER-WS001065