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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ? ?
Tuning steps 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz ? Conitnuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz 80-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 80-10 m
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - CW   SSB  
RF-output 10-100 W ? 750 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 196x and 196x Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
? ?
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 LAFAYETTE-HE-000040 SWAN-CUBIC-000700