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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ? ?
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 1 Hz ? 0.02 / 0.1 / 0.5 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-60 MHz 30-50 / 148-174 / 450-470 MHz (USA) 0.1-2600 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 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
? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 10.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 2.5 µV
4-30 MHz: 1.1 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.35 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.45 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.8 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-2000 MHz: 1.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.2-0.5 MHz: 4.8 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
1.8-4 MHz: 0.6 µV
4-30 MHz: 0.3 µV
30-2000 MHz: 0.3 µV
2000-2600 MHz: 0.5 µV
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
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? XTAL ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load ? 1W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC/6 m - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) - SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? V 13.5V 15 %
Current RX 2.7 A max ? Max 0.7 A
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
? 180 × 70 × 203 mm
(7.09 × 2.76 × 7.99 in)
Weight 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP, Twin RX ? Real-time band-scope
World clock
NB
VCS
Alpha tags
DSP (DSP-1)
Voice synthesizer (FVS-1A)
Voice recording (DVS-4) options
CAT interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000756 REGENCY-C-000403 YAESU-VR-005000