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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Amateur Mobile Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ± 3 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.18μV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? Wide
6 kHz @ -6 dB
14 kHz @ -60 dB
Narrow
3 kHz @ -6 dB
9 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 46.35MHz / 450kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 4.5W typ. (10% dist. 4Ω load)

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM  
RF-output 100 W SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 360 W (input), AM: 125 W (input) 5 / 10 / 25 / 65 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC External PSU 13.8 V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 0.4 ~ 1.5 A
TX 20 A max. ? 11 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 1970 and 197x Between 20xx and 20xx in China
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
330 × 130 × 260 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 10.24 in)
140 × 40 × 162 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.38 in)
Weight ? 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) ? 207 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500CX CHICOM-CH-003300H