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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz 0.03-32 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity FM: <0.6 µV for 20 dB noise quieting
SSB/CW: <0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
? Pre-amp off: 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Pre-amp on: 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
? SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB)
CW narrow: 500 Hz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 160-10 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 1 W High: 5/5 W, Low 3: 3.5/3.5 W, Low 2: 1.5/1.5 W, Low 1: 0.5/0.5 W 1...15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6-16V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 700-900 mA 20-200 mA 13.5-350 mA
TX 1.6-5 A 1.8 A max 0.82-2.9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1991 and 199x Between 2016 and 20xx in Ukraine
Dimensions 170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
54 × 154 × 36 mm
(2.13 × 6.06 × 1.42 in)
149 × 50 × 130 mm
(5.87 × 1.97 × 5.12 in)
Weight 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 450 gr (15.9 oz) with BP-83 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 60 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000290D ICOM-IC-W000002A MINI-SW002016