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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ±10 ppm (-10°C to +60°C) ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 0.03-200 MHz all-mode incl WFM 0.495–999.990MHz MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity Less than 0.18 µV for 12 dB SINAD ? FM (at 12dB SINAD, 3.5kHz DEV)
1.625–29.995MHz 0.4μV
30.000–75.995MHz 0.25μV
76.000–117.995MHz 0.25μV
118.000–173.995MHz 0.14μV
174.000–259.995MHz 0.32μV
260.000–349.995MHz 0.32μV
350.000–469.995MHz 0.16μV
470.000–599.995MHz 0.32μV
600.000–999.995MHz 0.56μV

W-FM (at 12dB SINAD, 52.5kHz DEV)
76.000–108.000MHz 1μV
175.000–221.995MHz 1.8μV
470.000–770.000MHz 2.5μV

AM (at 10dB S/N, 30% Mod.)
0.495–4.995MHz 1.3μV
5.000–29.995MHz 0.56μV
118.000–137.000MHz 0.5μV
222.000–246.995MHz 0.79μV
247.000–329.995MHz 1μV

DV (D-Star) (at BER 1%, 4.8kbps)
VHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
UHF (Ham band) 0.22μV
Selectivity More than 12 kHz at -6 dB
Less than 28 kHz at -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 15.65 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz (USA)
144–146 / 430–440MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output High: 55 W, Low: 5 W 100/100/20 W 5W, 2.5W, 0.5W, 0.1W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 5.5-11.5V DC
Current RX 0.8-1 A Max 1.8 A ?
TX 12 A max Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 1997 and 199x in Japan Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 180 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.09 in)
167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
58.4 × 103 × 34.2 mm
(2.30 × 4.06 × 1.35 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 290 gr (10.2 oz) with antenna and BP-217
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 113 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1052 channels in 26 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DTMF and CTCSS
PC-programmable
8-character alpha tags
IPX4 water-resistant
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002100H ICOM-IC-000706MKII ICOM-IC-E000080D