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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Shortwave Linear Amplifier
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz ? 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM  
Sensitivity AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
? AM: < 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM: < 1 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) ? 7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? ? 4 W max

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
RF-output ? 800 W PEP 4 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep - SO-239
Impedance ? 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 Mains (110-125 V AC) Mains / 12 V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.1 A
TX - ? 1.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
? 210 × 90 × 240 mm
(8.27 × 3.54 × 9.45 in)
Weight 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) ? 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs)
Form factor Portable Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006800W GONSET-GSB-000101 INTEK-B-003104AF