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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz 8 fixed crystal positions
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 26.965-27.255 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   -
RF-output FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? 12V DC
Current RX 1.3-1.6 A ? 210 mA max
TX 22 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 1976 and 1989 Between 196x and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
78 × 240 × 49 mm
(3.07 × 9.45 × 1.93 in)
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Weight 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 1.15 kg (2.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 503 channels in 1 bank(s) 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-007000 ZODIAC-P-003006C EDDYSTONE-000962