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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
1500 W Linear Amplifier

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  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 ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple 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 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10-100 W Max 100 W 1500 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 196x and 19xx in USA
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 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
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
? 8122 tubes
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 KENWOOD-TS-000950S NATIONAL-COMPANY-NCL-000200