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Handheld UHF Transceiver
Triband Marine Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  None  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 156.025 - 163.275 MHz 30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   GMSK   FM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
Selectivity ? ? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? 700 mW 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 156.025 - 163.275 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   GMSK   FM   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 5 W, Medium: 2 W, Low: 0.5 W 1 / 2.5 / 5 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-10.3V DC 12 V DC - 1400 mAh Lithium-Ion 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 30-250 mA ? 1.5 A
TX 0.9-2 A ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 20xx and 20xx Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 54 × 140 × 37 mm
(2.13 × 5.51 × 1.46 in)
? 330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 390 gr (13.8 oz) with ABP-222N ? 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories 207 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features GPS option. Submersible , IPX7 (3 ft for 30 min)
Unique High Intensity Distress Signalling Strobe Light
Backlit Keypad and Extra Large Display
NOAA Weather Alert
DSC Distress Equipped Interface
AM/FM Radio and Aircraft Band Receive
Optional GPS
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-U000001 STANDARD-HX000600 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500