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UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 25 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity <0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ? -

Connections

Antenna N-type BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX 500-700 mA Max 200 mA 80 W
TX 1.7-3.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 177 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.97 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
426 × 222 × 350 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz) 25.80 kg (56.9 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 5 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000045E YUPITERU-MVT-003300 EDDYSTONE-000730/8