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

General

HAM bands 1.25m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 220-225 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 220-225 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 5 / 3.5 / 1.5 / 0.5 W 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC + NMO
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola)

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 700 mA max
TX ? Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x Between 1993 and 19xx Between 1988 and 200x
Dimensions 49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Keyboard ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000003SAT ICOM-IC-000707 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT