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

General

HAM bands 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-797 / 806-869 / 894-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations FM   N-FM   GMSK   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) VHF Low: 0.2 μV
VHF Aircraft (20 dBq AM): 0.5 μV
VHF High 137-174 MHz: 0.3 μV
VHF High 216-300 MHz: 0.5 μV
UHF Low 300-406MHz: 0.6 μV
UHF/UHF-T 406-512 MHz: 0.4 μV
UHF High 764-960 MHz: 0.4 μV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.5 μV
FM 12dB SINAD unless otherwise noted
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations FM   N-FM   GMSK   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 7 W, Medium: 4 W, Low: 0.5 W 10-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6-10.3V DC 13.8V DC 2×AA or mains
Current RX 30-250 mA ? 120 mA max
TX 1-2 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 54 × 140 × 37 mm
(2.13 × 5.51 × 1.46 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
60 × 127 × 27 mm
(2.36 × 5.00 × 1.06 in)
Weight 390 gr (13.8 oz) with ABP-222N ? 190 gr (6.7 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 75 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features GPS option. ? USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-V000001 TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000700