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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz
1 / 9 / 10 / 500 kHz
1 MHz
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Receiver

RX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
0.1-30 MHz 28-29.699 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 32 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-0.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
0.5-1.62 MHz: 4 µV
1.62-24.5 MHz: 0.2 µV
24.5-30 MHz: 0.13 µV
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Selectivity ? AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range TX/RX: 144-146 / 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
RX: 138-174 MHz
10-160 m + WARC 28-29.699 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   SSB  
RF-output High: 5 / 5 / 1 W, Low 3: 3.5 / 3.5 / 0.2 W, Low 2: 1.5 / 1.5 / 0.2 W, Low 1: 0.5 / 0.5 / 0.2 W 100 W (AM 40 W) SSB/FM: 50 W, AM: 20 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6-15V DC 13.8 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 590 mA 2 A ?
TX Max 1.9 A 20.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 199x in Japan Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 58 × 139 × 49 mm
(2.28 × 5.47 × 1.93 in)
330 × 120 × 334 mm
(12.99 × 4.72 × 13.15 in)
300 × 85 × 240 mm
(11.81 × 3.35 × 9.45 in)
Weight 585 gr (1.3 lbs) with BP-100 11.00 kg (24.3 lbs) 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 69 channels in 1 bank(s) 105 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Triple RX Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
CTCSS/PL
Built-in keyer
AIP
VOX
Dimmer
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-DELTA-000001E KENWOOD-TS-000850S DRAGON-SS-000497P