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

General

HAM bands 11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C ?
Tuning steps 5 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 kHz 1 Hz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-1300 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 0.495-999.990 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity AM/FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 3 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 3 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 15 µV
SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
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Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 225.4125 MHz
2nd: 45 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   DV  
RF-output ? 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) High: 5/5, Low: 0.5/0.5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ?V DC battery or 10-16V DC external
Current RX Max 500 mA 2.7 A max 17-370 mA
TX - 20 A max Max 2.2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2006 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 232 × 90 × 210 mm
(9.13 × 3.54 × 8.27 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
58 × 103 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.06 × 1.34 in)
Weight 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) with battery and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 10 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP, Twin RX DTMF and CTCSS. Spectrum scope PC-programmable. Alpha tags. Twin RX.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRE-GRECOM-PSR-000225 ICOM-IC-000756 ICOM-IC-E000091