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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
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 0.3-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (E)
144-148 MHz (A)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
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)
? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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
? 12 kHz (-6 dB)
28 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 38.85 MHz
2nd: 450 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 ? 280 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (E)
144-148 MHz (A)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) 1 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 13.8V DC 7.5-16V DC
Current RX 2 A max 1.6-2.1 A 50 mA
TX 20 A max Max 20 A 1.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1994 and 199x Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
333 × 110 × 285 mm
(13.11 × 4.33 × 11.22 in)
62 × 166 × 37 mm
(2.44 × 6.54 × 1.46 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 361 gr (12.7 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 60 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 Built-in auto-AT. Twin RX CTCSS / DCS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 ICOM-IC-000738 KENWOOD-TH-000235A/E