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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? None 
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 ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12.6 / 12.6-32 MHz VHF marine channels
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   FM  
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)
≤ 2 µV ?
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
10 kHz @ -25 dB without crystal filter
400 Hz with crystal filter
?
Filters ? Optional 400 Hz crystal filter ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1600 kHz
2nd: 450 kz
?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) 45 / 60 / 90 dB ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 3 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - VHF marine channels
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? 1 / 5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws SMA
Impedance 50Ω 400Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains (110 / 220 V AC) ?
Current RX 2 A max 65 W ?
TX 20 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1947 and 194x in Great Britain Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
?
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 14.97 kg (33.0 lbs) 250 gr (8.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 24 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options BFO
Noise limiter
AVC
Standby switch
Waterproof (IPX8 standard)
ATIS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 EDDYSTONE-000640 PRESIDENT-PM-002000-WP