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HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C)
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 / 1000 MHz thumbwheels ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
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
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 ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63  
RF-output ? High: 1.5 W, Low: 150 mW FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 2.4-3V DC ?V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 130 mA Max 130 mA 1.3-1.6 A
TX - Max 550 mA 22 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2005 and 200x
Dimensions ? ? 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
Weight ? ? 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 25 bank(s) None 503 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
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000016 ICOM-IC-000002N ICOM-IC-007000