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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 255-525 KHz / 1.5-30.3 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 400-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 29.000 - 54.000 MHz 0.5 µV
137.000 - 174.000 MHz 0.7 µV
406.000 - 512.000 MHz 0.7 µV
108.000 - 136.975 MHz 1.2 µV
806.000 - 956.000 MHz 0.8 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 14 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.6 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 60 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 12V DC
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A ? ?
TX Max 20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 195x and 19xx in Germany Between 2003 and 200x
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
550 × 355 × 407 mm
(21.65 × 13.98 × 16.02 in)
180 × 60 × 155 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 6.10 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 38.00 kg (83.8 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 250 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Pre-programmed for Local Police/Sheriff, Fire/EMS, News media, Weather, CB, Aircraft, Railroads, Marine, DOT
Trunk Tracker, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
PC Programmable
Band search
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000731 SIEMENS-000745-E309B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCT-000008