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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ?
Tuning steps ? 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 / 46.2-61.1 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 10-100 / 1-10 W (AM 10-40/1-4 W) 10-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 200 mA
TX Max 20 A 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
Weight 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 310 gr (10.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
Speech descrambler.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000729 ICOM-IC-000745 YUPITERU-MVT-003300