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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.1 p.p.m. (0 °C to + 50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-3300 MHz 0-30 MHz 0.1-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 25 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 2.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 2 µV
700-1300 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-50 MHz: 0.63 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.5 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.63 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 5.6 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 18 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
50-700 MHz: 1.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 1.8 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 18 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 56 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 5 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
? SSB (1b dB S/N): 0.5-0.13 µV
AM (10 dB S/N): 6.3-1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD): 0.22 µV
Selectivity AM/FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 50 kHz (-6 dB), 230 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
? SSB/FSK/PSK: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.4 kHz @ -60 dB
CW: 500 Hz @ -6 dB, 1.2 kHz @ -60 dB
AM: 6.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 12.0 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 12.0 kHz @ -6 dB, 25.0 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? 500 Hz, 2.7 kHz, 6 kHz and 15 kHz (optional 270 Hz)
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.248 MHz
2nd: 24 kHz (FM: 36 kHz)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W into 8 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 0-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC + 60 m + 6 m
EU version: 4 m (70 MHz)
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output ? ? Max 100 W (AM 25 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC +/- 15% ?V DC 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX Max 1.5 A ? 3 A max
TX - ? 22.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
? 410 × 158 × 387 mm
(16.14 × 6.22 × 15.24 in)
Weight 1.60 kg (3.5 lbs) Box + Panel ? 17.00 kg (37.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DTCS. Dual watch and diversity reception. DSP (UT-106) and D-Star (UT-118) options ? DSP
Built-in auto antenna tuner (ATU)
7 inch color screen
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-R002500 YAESU-FT-000400C KENWOOD-TS-000890S