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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver

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)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? - ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   - FM  
RF-output 100 W ? High: 25/10 W, Low: 5/1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX ? ? Max 900 mA
TX 20 A - 1.5-8 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 198x Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 1986 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 286 × 111 × 374 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 14.72 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
Weight 10.50 kg (23.2 lbs) with built-in PSU 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories 9 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in PSU options ? Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000740 SONY-ICF-006800W STANDARD-C-006000S