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

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 / 400-479 MHz ? 580-1340 kHz / 1.34-2.90 / 2.90-6.50 / 6.25-13.40 / 13.20-30.50 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   APCO-25   AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 5 kHz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion PLL super-heterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 250 mW 3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6V DC (4 ea. "AA" alkaline, NiCAD or NiMH) 9V DC 500 mA regulated power supply Mains (110 / 220 V AC)
Current RX Max 1 A ? 65 W
TX Max 10.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in China Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 171 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.73 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
?
Weight 930 gr (2.1 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second None
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
Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000281H RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-ADV000801 EDDYSTONE-000556