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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF 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 ? 0.04-100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.54-30 MHz 0.153-30 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   AM   W-FM Stereo   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)
? ?
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 - -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains 4 x LR6/AA
Current RX 2 A max ? ?
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1937 and 1939 in USA Between 199x and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
? 215 × 133 × 38 mm
(8.46 × 5.24 × 1.50 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ? 850 gr (1.9 lbs) without batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 307 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 ? RDS
9 / 10 kHz switch
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000081X SANGEAN-ATS-000909