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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
CB Radio | Bluetooth
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB)  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? FM / N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 55 dB
N-FM / DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
? 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   D-STAR   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 10-100 W 4 W 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX 20 A max ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 20xx Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
? 58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply ? 220 gr (7.8 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 COBRA-000029-LTD-BT ICOM-ID-000031E-PLUS