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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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 ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour ? ?
Tuning steps 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10-100 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? Max 50 W
TX 20 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 1968 and 1972 in Great Britain
Dimensions 304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
? 483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply ? 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 ICOM-IC-000760 RACAL-RA-001218