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Desktop VHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB  
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
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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)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   -
RF-output 1-50 W (AM: 0-25 W) 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 SO-239 SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX Max 0.7 A 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX Max 15 A 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2005 and 200x Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 503 channels in 1 bank(s) None
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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000551D ICOM-IC-007000 HEATHKIT-SB-000300