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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Multimode QRP HF+6m Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 30 Hz after 1 hour warm-up ? ± 3 p.p.m. (Si570 defined) typical over 0-50 °C
Tuning steps 10 Hz / 1 kHz / 1 MHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz (Germany: 0.15-26.1 MHz) 10-160 m 1.8–29.990 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   SSTV  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 12.6 uV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 uV (Preamp on)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Preamp on)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.8 MHz: 2 µV (Preamp on)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Preamp on)
0.3 µV (10 dB S/N) 0.15 µV w/o preamp
Selectivity AM
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM
>15 kHz (-6 dB), <30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/AM Narrow
>2.3 kHz (-6 dB), <4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW with optional filter: 600 Hz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 50-1000 Hz
SSB: 250-3600 Hz
Filters 250 / 500 Hz CW filters optional ? 300 / 500 / 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.2 / 2.5 kHz (DSP)
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Digital Direct Conversion / SDR
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 70 dB ? ?
Audio output 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms ? 8 ohms, .5 watts

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m 160-10 / 6 m
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   SSTV  
RF-output ? 100 W 5-8 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 / 500Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC or mains 12V DC or mains 10.5-15.0 V DC
Current RX 1.2 A max 600 mA 350 mA
TX - Max 21 A 2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 1998 in Japan Between 197x and 19xx in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 229 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.02 in)
? ?
Weight 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs) ? 540 gr (1.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories 99 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Clock & timer
Pre-amp (10 dB)
Attenuator (20 dB)
? 128×64 pixels LCD
Accessories UI-8 FM receive unit (optional)
CR-64 High-stability crystal unit (optional)
UT-36 Voice synthesizer unit (optional)
UR-1 Receiver protection unit (optional)
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MPN ICOM-IC-R000072DC YAESU-FT-000101EE LNR-PRECISION-LD-000011