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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station Amateur Speaker
Mobile VHF Marine Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  None  None 
Freq. stability ? - ± 1.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? - Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz ? 156.050-163.275 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 0.5 µV for 12 dB SINAD (Preamp ON)

AM
0.5-1.605 MHz; ≥ 12.6 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
1.605-30 MHz; ≥ 2.0 µV for 10 dB S/N (Preamp ON)
- Better than 1 µV EMF @ 20dB SINAD
Distant: 119dBm (0,25 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Local: 110dBm (0,7 µV) @ 12dB SINAD
Selectivity SSB/CW
2.1 kHz/-6 dB, 4.0 kHz/-60 dB

AM
6.0 kHz/-6 dB, 20 kHz/-60 dB
- 12.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 1.605-2 / 3.5-4 / 5-8 / 9-30 MHz ? 156.000-157.425 / 155.500-161.425 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   FM  
RF-output 5-100 W (AM 5-25 W) ? 1 / 25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains None 9-16 V DC
Current RX 1.3-2.1 A - 600 mA
TX Max 20 A - 6 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in UK
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
? ?
Weight 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 50 channels in 1 bank(s) None 72 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? IPx6 & IPx7
GPS/GLONASS/Beidou
NMEA0183/NMEA2000
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000077 ICOM-SP-000020 RAYMARINE-RAY000063