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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? ?
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 ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz 545 kHz - 33 MHz with plug-in coils
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW  
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 ? ? XTAL-filter was added in later versions
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 7.2V DC internal or 6-16V DC external Mains
Current RX 2 A max 15-300 mA ?
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1990 and 19xx Between 1932 and 1935 in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
49 × 103 × 35 mm
(1.93 × 4.06 × 1.38 in)
527 × 241 × 349 mm
(20.75 × 9.49 × 13.74 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-R000001 HAMMARLUND-COMET-PRO