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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m 40 m (7.0-7.3 MHz)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Super-heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m 40 m (7.0-7.3 MHz)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100 W 50 W ~30 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX 20 A max. ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 1966 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
? 220 × 80 × 230 mm
(8.66 × 3.15 × 9.06 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 K.W.-ELECTRONICS-VESPA-MARK-I SWAN-(CUBIC)-MB-000040A