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Mobile VHF Transceiver
VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ± 10 ppm ? ± 20 Hz after 1 min below 13 MHz. ± 50 Hz after 1 min > 13 MHz.
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 5 / 9 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz 0.09-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? 2µV SSB 1.8-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
? 6.0 kHz
3.0 kHz
0.5 kHz
1.0 kHz
0.5 kHz [Optional]
0.3 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Up Conversion Dual Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 60 dB (75 dB typical) ? > 70 dB
Audio output 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load ? 1 Watts at 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-148 / 440-450 MHz -
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   FM   -
RF-output High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: 0.5/0.5 W, Low: 15/15 mW ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.5-16V DC external 24V DC or mains
Current RX 0.8-1 A 30-170 mA 36W
TX 15 A max Max 1.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 199x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
57 × 125 × 31 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.22 in)
480 × 150 × 290 mm
(18.90 × 5.91 × 11.42 in)
Weight 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs) 340 gr (12.0 oz) with BP-171 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital voice/data (D-STAR) option (UT-118 (formerly UT-115)). Please note that this requires at least two similarly equiped radios. Weather channel with alert (US version only) CTCSS, DTCS and DTMF. Multi-color LCD. CTCSS, DTMF. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002200H ICOM-IC-W000031A JRC-NRD-000302A