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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 2 m 0.5-29.995 MHz AM: 0.5-1710 MHz
FM: 76-250 / 300-520 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne FM/AM: double conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2 m 10-160 m + WARC 2 m / 1.25 m / 70 cm
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 1 W SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 4 A 0.5 A
TX ? 20 A max 10 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx in Japan Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
140 × 46 × 150 mm
(5.51 × 1.81 × 5.91 in)
Weight ? 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Detachable front panel
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN MIZUHO-MX-000002F ICOM-IC-000732 VERO-GLOBAL-COMMUNICATION-VR-006600P