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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / 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 ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains 12V DC
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A ? 800 mA max
TX 20 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 1991 in Japan Between 2002 and 2005 Between 1989 and 199x in Philippines
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
410 × 135 × 347 mm
(16.14 × 5.31 × 13.66 in)
200 × 147 × 48 mm
(7.87 × 5.79 × 1.89 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs) 935 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 93 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Twin RX Alpha-tags
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000735 YAESU-FT-001000MP-MK-V-FLD UNIDEN-BEARCAT-MR008100