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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Manpack VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 15 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 36-76 MHz 146-148 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   N-FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? 12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion + XTAL
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 50 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 36-76 MHz 146-148 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   N-FM   FM  
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) >1 W 1 / 10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 12V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 20 A ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 197x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
?
Weight 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 1600 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000707 RACAL-TRA-000967 ICOM-IC-000022S