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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
3 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 / 230-550 / 834-915 / 960.1-1000 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 5-16 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   AM   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
? 4 crystal filter, SSB bandwidth of about 2.2-1.6KHz four selectable bandwidth, CW bandwidth of about 900-400Hz four selectable bandwidth
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 0.75 W 8 ohm load about 0.1W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
20 / 30 / 40 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   - CW  
RF-output High: 50/50 W, Medium: 15/15 W, Low: 5/5 W ? 4 W max @ 13.8 V

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 75/400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 8 × AA batteries or 9-14 V DC
Current RX Max 1.1 A ? 55 mA
TX Max 12.5 A - 550-950 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 141 × 40 × 39 mm
(5.55 × 1.57 × 1.54 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
140 × 95 × 35 mm
(5.51 × 3.74 × 1.38 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) ? 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 512 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features GPS option. ? DDS circuit with 50MHz reference frequency
1602 LCD
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-ID-000800D EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 YOUKITS-HB-000001A