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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ≤ ± 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (5 minutes), ≤ ± 0.01 p.p.m. with an optional GPS unit ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz - 999.99 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 40 kHz - 3.15 GHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 1.2 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-1000 MHz: 0.3 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.3 µV
AM
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 4.0 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 4.0 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2.0 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 2.5 µV
FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.7 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.7 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 1.8 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 1.8 µV
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Selectivity ? CW: 500Hz -3dB: > 380Hz -80dB: > 500Hz
AM: 6kHz -3dB: > 5.5kHz -80dB: > 6.9kHz
SSB: 3kHz -3dB: > 2.7kHz -80dB: > 3.1kHz
N-FM: 15kHz -3dB: >14.2kHz -80dB: > 15.6kHz
W-FM: 200kHz -3dB: > 200kHz -80dB: > 250kHz
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Filters ? 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 6kHz, 15kHz, 30kHz, 100kHz, 300kHz - Receiving mode dependent ?
Receiver system ? 40kHz: 25MHz Direct conversion 25MHz: 200MHz Double super-heterodyne 200MHz: 420MHz Triple super-heterodyne 420MHz: 3.15GHz Double super-heterodyne Double conversion superheterodynamic
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 294.5MHz / 1.7045GHz
2nd: 45.0MHz / 294.5MHz
3rd: 45.0MHz
1st: 4600 Hz
2nd: 467 Hz
Image rejection ? > 70dB : 40kHz - 25MHz > 50dB : 25MHz - 2.0GHz > 40dB : 2.0GHz - 3.15GHz ?
Audio output ? > 2W at 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 N-type -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC Mains
Current RX 900 mA 1.2 A max, 200 mA typical ?
TX Max 20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 1952 and 19xx in Italy
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
220 × 70 × 285 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 11.22 in)
516 × 254 × 260 mm
(20.31 × 10.00 × 10.24 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 13.00 kg (28.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
SD-card audio recorder
RS-232 and USB computer interface
Optional LAN adapter
45 MHz IF output
I/Q output option
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000720A AOR-AR-002300 GELOSO-G-000207