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

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 80-6 m, ham bands only 8-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? FM: 8-1000 MHz: 0.5µV (SINAD 12db)
FM: 1000-1300 MHz: 1.0µV
AM: 0.5µV (S/N 10db)
WFM: 0.75µV (SINAD 12dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 3 W (external speaker required) 700 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   - -
RF-output Max 10 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains ? 12 V DC (4 × AA cells)
Current RX ? ? 420 mA max, 210 mA sleep mode
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1990 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 394 × 220 × 228 mm
(15.51 × 8.66 × 8.98 in)
70 × 180 × 40 mm
(2.76 × 7.09 × 1.57 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000221 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000155 YUPITERU-MVT-007000