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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 144-146 MHz (Europe except Italy)
144-148 MHz (Italy and the rest of the world)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM  
RF-output 100 W ? High: 6 W, Low: 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 9.6V DC
Current RX 900 mA Max 700 mA 25-210 mA
TX Max 20 A - 0.7-1.6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 199x and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
128 × 30 × 199 mm
(5.04 × 1.18 × 7.83 in)
58 × 141 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 5.55 × 1.26 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 420 gr (14.8 oz) without battery
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000720A ICOM-IC-PCR001000 ICOM-IC-T000002H