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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 6m 
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) < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 0.54-31 / 48-56 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   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)
0.5 µV SSB 2-30 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
2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
455 kHz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 8 W, external speaker required

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Hi-Z -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 12V DC or internal batteries 110-120 / 220-240V AC
Current RX 2 A max ? ?
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 1947 and 1952 in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
501 × 260 × 425 mm
(19.72 × 10.24 × 16.73 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 29.40 kg (64.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 30 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 ? Bandspread in ham bands
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 LOWE-HF-000225 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000183