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Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands None  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 Channelized ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 77.5-80 / 410-412.5 MHz 118-174 MHz / 320-479 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? 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 ? ? 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 ? conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Audio output ? ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna TV-antenne SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 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 199x and 199x in Japan Between 1991 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 190 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 7.48 in)
140 × 40 × 175 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.89 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight ? 1.35 kg (3.0 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ? 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 COMMANDER-000193 ICOM-IC-002410E ICOM-IC-000718