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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 1.25m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ±10 p.p.m. (-10°C to +60°C) Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 220-225 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV for 12 dB SINAD SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity More than 15 kHz (-6 dB), less than 30 kHz (-60 dB) SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 17.2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection 60 dB More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output 2.4 W (8 ohms at 10% distortion) More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 220-225 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W High: 6/6 W, Low: ?/? W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ±15% 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) ?V DC
Current RX 450-800 mA 2 A max ?
TX 3-6.5 A 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 171 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.73 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
57 × 110 × 27 mm
(2.24 × 4.33 × 1.06 in)
Weight 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 285 gr (10.1 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 21 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000038A ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-T000007D