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VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? Not applicable ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz ? 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity ? ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 3.5-29.7 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   All mode   -
RF-output 10 W 160 W (3.5-21 MHz), 140 W (28 MHz) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 12-16V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX Max 0.7 A ? 90 VA
TX ? 15 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
123 × 107 × 265 mm
(4.84 × 4.21 × 10.43 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000551 KENWOOD-TL-000120 EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II