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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  4m 
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) ± 1 p.p.m. ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.15-35 MHz 27.8-143 MHz in three bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   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)
AM
0.15-1.8 MHz: 10 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM 28-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
SSB 0.15-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
CW 1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
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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
AM Narrow 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/FM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) 70 dB ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load More than 2.0 W into 8 ohm 10% THD ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 11.7 - 15.8V DC Mains
Current RX 2 A max 1 A max ?
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2010 and 201x Between 1942 and 194x in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
240 × 100 × 293 mm
(9.45 × 3.94 × 11.54 in)
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Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 600 channels in 3 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 ALINCO-DX-R000008 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000036