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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-80 m 10-80 m
3.5-4 / 7-7.5 / 14-14.5 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W 200 W SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 360 W (input), AM: 125 W (input)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ? External PSU
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 20 A max. ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 1970 and 197x
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
? 330 × 130 × 260 mm
(12.99 × 5.12 × 10.24 in)
Weight ? ? 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000500CX