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Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F)
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 52 MHz / 142-172 MHz 118-174 MHz / 320-479 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity AM
2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
1.5 µV (142-172 MHz)
33 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

FM
4 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.2 µV (142-172 MHz)
28 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

SSB/CW
0.2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.18 µV (142-172 MHz)
22 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)
? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Selectivity AM 6 kHz
FM 12 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
CW 600 Hz
? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.7 MHz
2nd: 10.698 (main), 10.702 (sub)
? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Audio output 4.8 W (2×2.4 W main/sub) ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output HF/6 m: 100 W, 2 m: 10 W High: 25/25 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground)
Current RX ? ? 2 A max
TX ? Max 8 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in Germany Between 1991 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 425 × 175 × 465 mm
(16.73 × 6.89 × 18.31 in)
140 × 40 × 175 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.89 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 1.35 kg (3.0 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HILBERLING-PT-008000A ICOM-IC-002410E ICOM-IC-000718