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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  15m  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 5 or 12.5 kHz depending on region ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
10-160m, incl. 30m + WWV
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
S/N ≤ 35 dB: 1uv
S/N ≤ 20 dB: 0.35 µV
SINAD ≤ 10%: 0.5 µV
?
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
± 6 kHz at -6 dB
± 16 kHz at -60 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: ?
2nd: 57 kHz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ≥ 70 dB ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ≥ 1.5 W @ 10% THD into 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia)
144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
-
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W High: 25 W, Low: 3 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 2 A max ? ?
TX 20 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1960 and 1961
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
180 × 60 × 195 mm
(7.09 × 2.36 × 7.68 in)
?
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 KDK-FM-002025 RME-006902