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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 / 400-479 MHz 136-174 MHz ?
Modulations FM   FM   AM   FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
144-146 MHz (Europe except Italy)
144-148 MHz (Italy and the rest of the world)
-
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W High: 6 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9.6V DC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply
Current RX Max 1 A 25-210 mA ?
TX Max 10.5 A 0.7-1.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in China
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 171 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.73 in)
58 × 141 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.55 × 1.26 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 930 gr (2.1 lbs) 420 gr (14.8 oz) without battery 240 gr (8.5 oz)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 9K6 packet ready ? CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR and P25)
SAME / SKYWARN
"Object Oriented" programming
USB computer interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000281H ICOM-IC-T000002H RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801