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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 10 p.p.m. (0-50 °C)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
-16 dBµ (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
15 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 30.85 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 200 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) ? 0.5/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (13.8V DC option) 4.5-16 V DC
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A ? ?
TX Max 20 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 1984 and 1996 Between 19xx and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
57 × 110 × 27 mm
(2.24 × 4.33 × 1.06 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 270 gr (9.5 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 47 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000731 ICOM-IC-R000071A ICOM-IC-S000032