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Headless HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-3300 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 25 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 2.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 2 µV
700-1300 MHz: 2.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-50 MHz: 0.63 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.5 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.63 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 5.6 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 18 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
50-700 MHz: 1.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 1.8 µV
1300-2300 MHz: 18 µV
2300-3000 MHz: 56 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.495-1.8 MHz: 5 µV
1.8-50 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-700 MHz: 0.4 µV
700-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity AM/FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 50 kHz (-6 dB), 230 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.8 kHz (-6 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? SSB/CW/FM: 1-10 W, AM: 1-4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 1.5 A 4 A
TX - 4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 146 × 41 × 206 mm
(5.75 × 1.61 × 8.11 in)
330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 1.35 kg (3.0 lbs) 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS/DTCS. Dual watch and diversity reception. DSP (UT-106) and D-Star (UT-118) options. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-PCR002500 ICOM-IC-000732S