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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 100 Hz / hour after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.495-999 MHz 0.54-20 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV   AM   CW   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.5 µV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 7 kHz @ -60 dB (3.395 MHz filter)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W @ 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe) - 10-80 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 5 / 5 W, Mid1: 2.5 / 2.5 W, Mid2: 500/500 mW, Low: 100 / 100 mW ? 100 W (80-15m) 80 W (10m)

Connections

Antenna SMA - -
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.4V DC (battery pack) 10-16V DC (external) ? External high-voltage power supply
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2008 and 200x in Japan Between 1936 and 1936 in USA Between 1968 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 58 × 112 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.41 × 1.34 in)
? 380 × 163 × 335 mm
(14.96 × 6.42 × 13.19 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) with BP-256 ? 8.50 kg (18.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features D-Star concept. Alpha tags. CTCSS and DTCS. Submersible (1 meter/30 minutes). Twin RX Optional speaker-mike with built-in GPS receiver (HM-175GPS) for extended D-Star functions ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-E000092D HAMMARLUND-SP-000010 HEATHKIT-HW-000100