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

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 118-550 / 810-999.99 MHz (Cellular blocked) 0.5-30 / 46.2-61.1 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? <0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? FM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
FM-N: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA) 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1-10 W High: 50/50 W, Medium: 15/15 W, Low: 5/5 W 10-100 / 1-10 W (AM 10-40/1-4 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC
Current RX 0.9 A 1.2-1.8 A ?
TX Max 3.3 A Max 13 A Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 1978 in Japan Between 2007 and 200x Between 1992 and 199x
Dimensions 240 × 110 × 260 mm
(9.45 × 4.33 × 10.24 in)
150 × 40 × 188 mm
(5.91 × 1.57 × 7.40 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
Weight 6.10 kg (13.5 lbs) 2 gr (0.1 oz) Main unit + Controller 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 522 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF. CTCSS. WX alert (US only). D-Star DV/GPS option (UT-123). Diversity reception. Twin RX. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000211E ICOM-IC-002820H ICOM-IC-000729