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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
0.1-30 MHz 15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   FM   AM   USB   LSB   ISB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? 15-160 kHz: 4-20 µV (10 dB S/N)
160-1500 kHz: 6-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.5-4 MHz: 1.5-3 µV (10 dB S/N)
4-10 MHz: 2-6 µV (10 dB S/N)
10-31 MHz: 2-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ? Wide, Intermediate, Narrow and Very narrow settings.
500 Hz ... 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double / triple conversion Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >60 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
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Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains (120/240 V AC) Mains (110-250 V AC)
Current RX 0.8-1 A ? 82 W
TX Max 10.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 1998 in Japan Between 1971 and 19xx Between 1952 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions ? 330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
747 × 385 × 451 mm
(29.41 × 15.16 × 17.76 in)
Weight 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 60.90 kg (134.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Marine / Navy
Features CTCSS encoder (CTCSS decoder option) Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-002000H DRAKE-DSR-000001 EDDYSTONE-000700