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Handheld 70cm Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
(RX 35-55 / 108-174 MHz with optional converter)
0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 1.5 / 0.15 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Clamps / screws BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/500Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 11-16V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 2 A ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1990 in Japan Between 199x and 2005 Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions ? 334 × 134 × 330 mm
(13.15 × 5.28 × 12.99 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 440 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 40 channels/second 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF keypad RS232C interface RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000004E DRAKE-R000008A AOR-AR-003000AB