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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.005-30 MHz (60×500 kHz bands) 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   CW   SSB  
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)
0.5-30 MHz:
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <1 µV (10 dB S/N)
0.005-0.5 MHz:
25-200 µV (10 dB S/N)
?
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 Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: ? MHz
2nd: ? MHz
3rd: 230 KHz
6020 kHz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) 0.5-30 MHz: 80 dB average, 50 dB minimum ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Hi-Z SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 11-16V DC or mains 115/230 VAC 117/230V AC (12V DC option)
Current RX 2 A max ? ?
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1964 and 1972 in USA Between 1964 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
420 × 195 × 320 mm
(16.54 × 7.68 × 12.60 in)
340 × 160 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 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 NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-000500 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCX-000005