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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

Current value
USD 389 ~ USD 723 (similar rigs)
USD 272 ~ USD 383
GBP 227 ~ GBP 249
EUR 227 ~ EUR 3,314
Rating No reviews yet 3 reviews
HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? SSB/CW wide
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow
With YK-88C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
With YK-88CN: 270 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455C: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 820 Hz (-60 dB)
With YG-455CN: 250 Hz (-6 dB), 500 Hz (-60 dB)
Filters ? 0.5 / 2.4 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W 100 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 900 mA 295 W
TX Max 20 A 32 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000720A KENWOOD-TS-000830S