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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF 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  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) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 0.15-30 MHz in 9 bands
87.5-108 / 108-136 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   W-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)
SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) @ 3 kHz BW ?
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) >60 dB ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC and 60 m (5 MHz) -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 5-100 W (100% duty cycle) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 12-14V DC ?V DC or mains
Current RX 2 A max Max 1.5 A ?
TX 20 A max Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
340 × 234 × 170 mm
(13.39 × 9.21 × 6.69 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 5.30 kg (11.7 lbs) 6.40 kg (14.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Portable

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 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 39 IF-DSP filters. Spectrum scope. Auto-ATU option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 TEN-TEC-JUPITER-(000538) SONY-CRF-005090