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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.03-60 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FAX  
Sensitivity ? 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
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Selectivity ? SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
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Filters ? 15, 6 and 3 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
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Image rejection ? More than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB   RTTY   FAX  
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 10-100W (200W input), AM: 10-40W 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! 5-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains, 85-265 VAC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? Max 210 VA ?
TX Max 20 A Max 800 VA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 1986 and 1992 in Japan
Dimensions ? 424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
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Weight ? 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000751A ICOM-IC-007700 JRC-JST-000125