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

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  33cm  4m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps 30 kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 146-148 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.4 µV or better ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 146-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? Max 200 mA 90 VA
TX 2.5 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight ? 310 gr (10.9 oz) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 67 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000230 YUPITERU-MVT-003300 EDDYSTONE-000770R