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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 50 W High: 5.5/5 W, Low: 1/1 W SSB/CW/FM: 2.5-25 W, AM: 2.5-10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 7.2-13.2V DC battery pack or 12-15V DC external 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 10-250 mA 4 A
TX ? Max 2.2 A 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 198x and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
65 × 159 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.26 × 1.38 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 510 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP-3 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S ICOM-IC-000032ET ICOM-IC-000732M