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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 138-174 / 400-470 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 12.5 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. 1st: 30.875 MHz - Crystal filter: 30M15B
2nd: 455 KHz - Ceramic filter: CFW455E
1st: 43.1 MHz (VHF), 35.8 MHz (UHF)
2nd: 455 KHz
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 25/25 W, Low: 5/5 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: 0.5/0.5 W, Low: 15/15 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.5-16V DC external Li-Ion
Current RX 550-900 mA 30-210 mA ?
TX 3.6-7.6 A Max 1.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 180 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 7.09 in)
57 × 125 × 31 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.22 in)
?
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz) with BP-170 ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/PL for TX is standard while CTCSS/PL for RX is optional. CTCSS on TX (RX option UT-94), DTMF. Twin RX Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-003210E ICOM-IC-W000031E AOR-AR-DV000010