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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C)
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS
IF-freqs. ? 11.2735 MHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9.5 V DC
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A 68 mA
TX Max 20 A 620 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000731 JIM-MX-000018S