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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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 ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/6 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   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)
?
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
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC/6 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W Max 100/100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2004 and 200x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Built-in auto-AT
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TS-000480SAT