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Desktop Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 30 Hz after 1 hour warm-up ≤ 10 p.p.m. ≤ 0.5 p.p.m. with SO-2 ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz / 1 kHz / 1 MHz Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz (Germany: 0.15-26.1 MHz) 0.5-30 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 12.6 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV (Preamp on)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Preamp on)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 2 µV (Preamp on)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Preamp on)
AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 2.5 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 3.5 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S+N/N)
0.5-1.5 MHz: 0.25 µV
1.5-1.7 MHz: 0.35 µV
1.7-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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Selectivity AM
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
>15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/AM Narrow
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 40 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters 250 / 500 Hz CW filters optional ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double (AM/SSB/CW) / Triple (FM) conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 73.045 MHz
2nd: 10.695 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 70 dB 70 dB ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms 2 Watts 8 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
RF-output ? High: 100 W, Medium: 50 W, Low: 10 W ± 40 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 / 500Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains 13.8 V DC ±15% Mains
Current RX 1.2 A max 1.45 A -
TX - 20.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1998 in Japan Between 1993 and 199x in USA Between 1962 and 196x in Brazil
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 229 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.02 in)
179 × 60 × 233 mm
(7.05 × 2.36 × 9.17 in)
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Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock & timer
Pre-amp (10 dB)
Attenuator (20 dB)
Dual VFO's, 100 memories, AIP, RIT, IF shift, AGC and TF-set 1 × 807 / 2 × EL34 tubes
Accessories UI-8 FM receive unit (optional)
CR-64 High-stability crystal unit (optional)
UT-36 Voice synthesizer unit (optional)
UR-1 Receiver protection unit (optional)
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MPN ICOM-IC-R000072DC KENWOOD-TS-000050S DELTA-000310