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

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
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Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 143.8-148.2 MHz -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 19xx Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF-mike. Dual VFO's and scanning Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290H AOR-AR-ALPHA-II