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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Dual-band DMR handheld

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DMR: 0.22 µV (BER <5%)
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   FM   N-FM   DMR  
RF-output Max 10 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains 13.8V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion
Current RX ? 1.3-1.6 A 380 mA
TX ? 22 A max 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2005 and 200x Between 2018 and 202x in China
Dimensions ? 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
58 × 140 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.51 × 1.26 in)
Weight ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 503 channels in 1 bank(s) 1024 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
CTCSS/PL and DCS
LED flashlight
DMR Tier I and II
256 contacts
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000221 ICOM-IC-007000 BAOFENG-DM-000009HX