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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

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)  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 Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.15-30 MHz 1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12.6 / 12.6-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
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)
? ≤ 2 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
? 10 kHz @ -25 dB without crystal filter
400 Hz with crystal filter
Filters ? ? Optional 400 Hz crystal filter
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Quadruple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
1st: 1600 kHz
2nd: 450 kz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? 45 / 60 / 90 dB
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160m + WARC -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains Mains (110 / 220 V AC)
Current RX 2 A max ? 65 W
TX 20 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 1947 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
? 425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ? 14.97 kg (33.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Auto-AT option BFO
Noise limiter
AVC
Standby switch
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TS-000930S EDDYSTONE-000640