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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 0.5-999 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? AM/FM: Double-conversion, W-FM: Triple-conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 61.65 MHz (AM/FM A-band), 59.25 MHz (WFM A-band), 46.35 MHz (AM/FM B-band)
2nd: 450 KHz (AM/FM), 13.35 MHz (WFM)
3rd: 1.95 MHz (WFM)
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 144-148 / 420-440 MHz (USA) 420-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 100 W High: 5 / 5 W, Low: 500 / 500 mW 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7.4V DC (battery pack) 10-16V DC (external) 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX 20 A max. 0.8-2.1 A 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 2006 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
58 × 103 × 24 mm
(2.28 × 4.06 × 0.94 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries and antenna 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
Alpha tags. CTCSS and DTCS. Twin RX D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 ICOM-IC-000091AD ICOM-ID-000031A