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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile CB Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m 
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
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
AM: 0.75 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
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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)
4.2 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 7.8 MHz 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 3 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   USB   LSB   -
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 AM: 4 W, SSB: 12 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 11.7-15.9 V DC Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A 2 A ?
TX 22 A max 3 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1978 and 1979 in Taiwan Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
232 × 65 × 275 mm
(9.13 × 2.56 × 10.83 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 3.55 kg (7.8 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Marine / Navy
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
PA
ANL
Noise Blanker
RF & Mic gain
SWR-meter
Tone
Dimmer
Scanning
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 PRESIDENT-ADAMS EDDYSTONE-EB-000035