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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver | Touch screen | 50W
Mobile Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  None 
Freq. stability ? ? +/-15 Hz (below 23 MHz, at -30°C ~ +60°C)
Tuning steps ? ? 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-29.995 MHz 144 / 430 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   D-STAR   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
? *0.50000~1.79999 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 6.3 µV, AM 30 µV

*1.80000~30.0000 MHz*
SSB/CW/FSK 0.5 µV, AM 3.16 µV (For 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
? SSB 2.3 kHz/-6 dB, 4.2 kHz/-60 dB
AM 6 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
CW, FSK 500 Hz/-6 dB, 1.6 kHz/-60 dB* (*with optional FL-32A CW and RTTY Narrow Filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? SSB - 1st 69.0115, 2nd 9.0115
CW, FSK - 1st 69.0106, 2nd 9.0106
AM - 1st 69.0100, 2nd 9.0100 (Unit: MHz)
Image rejection > 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.6 W @ 8 ohm ? 5 W internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144 / 430 MHz 2–3 / 4–5 / 6–7 / 8–9 / 12–14 / 16-17 / 18–19 / 22–23 / 25–26 MHz (Approx)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   D-STAR   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   RTTY  
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 1-10 W, AM: 1-4 W 50 W max 150 W max (60 W above 23 MHz)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC ±15% 13.6 V DC
Current RX 4 A ? 2 A max
TX 4 A max ? 30 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
? 287 × 112 × 62 mm
(11.30 × 4.41 × 2.44 in)
Weight 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) ? 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1005 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? Dual-band, dual receive
Touch screen
Android support
Bluetooth option
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000732S ICOM-IC-005100D ICOM-IC-M000810