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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
MF/HF Marine Receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 150 kHz - 28 MHz in 10 bands 50-905 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 3V (10dB S/N)
FM: 1.5V (12 dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1V (12 dB SINAD @ 83 MHz)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 700 kHz
2nd: 85 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? External speaker required ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - -
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 10-100W (200W input), AM: 10-40W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains (115/230 V AC) or 110/220 V DC 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX ? ? Max 1 A
TX 20 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx Between 196x and 196x in (Late sixties) Between 1988 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 306 × 115 × 349 mm
(12.05 × 4.53 × 13.74 in)
195 × 126 × 198 mm
(7.68 × 4.96 × 7.80 in)
180 × 75 × 180 mm
(7.09 × 2.95 × 7.09 in)
Weight ? 35.40 kg (78.1 lbs) 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Bandscope TV tuner front end
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000751 MARCONI-ATALANTA-002207C STANDARD-AX-000700