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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: ?/?, Low: ?/? W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) ?V DC
Current RX 2 A max ?
TX 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 42 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Twin RX
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TH-000077E