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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
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 ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.5-3000 MHz (less cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25  
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 (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 3.5 µV
2-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.85 µV
470-1040 MHz: 0.9 µV
1040-2040 MHz: 9 µV
2040-3000 MHz: 25 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 1.5 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
SSB/NAM
3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/S-FM
9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40 dB)
W-AM/N-FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40 dB)
W-FM
150 kHz (-3 dB), 360 kHz (-20 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

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 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 12V DC external
Current RX 2 A max 25-190 mA
TX 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2012 and 200x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
61 × 143 × 39 mm
(2.40 × 5.63 × 1.54 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 217 gr (7.7 oz) without batteries and antenna
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 20 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options CTCSS
Voice recording on micro SD card
USB interface
Analog voice scramler decoder (inverter)
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 AOR-AR-008200D