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Portable HF/VHF Receiver
PC-card HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

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)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? 0.5 ppm (0 to 60 C) ?
Tuning steps Continuous 1 Hz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 9 kHz - 1800 MHz (3500 or 8599 MHz with optional AMFE unit) -
Modulations AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   ISB   -
Sensitivity AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
Mode 0.15?500 MHz 500?1800 MHz
AM, AMS (30% modulation) ?108dBm
(0.89V) ?104dBm
(1.4V)
AM, AMS (80% modulation) ?116dBm
(0.35V) ?112dBm
(0.56V)
LSB, USB, ISB, DSB ?119dBm
(0.25V) ?115dBm
(0.40V)
CW ?126dBm
(0.11V) ?122dBm
(0.18V)
FM ?113dBm
(0.50V) ?109dBm
(0.80V)
?
Selectivity 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB) ? ?
Filters - ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne DSP-based SDR with DDS-based double-conversion superheterodyne front end ?
IF-freqs. AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 16 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 1.8-150 MHz: 60 dB typ.150-1800 MHz: 50 dB typ. ?
Audio output ? 600 ohm line audio ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 200 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep SMA -
Impedance ? 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 Drawn from PCI interface Mains
Current RX ? ? -
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 200x and 200x Between 1968 and 1973
Dimensions 457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
195 × 99 × 19 mm
(7.68 × 3.90 × 0.75 in)
?
Weight 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 330 gr (11.6 oz) ?
Form factor Portable PC-card Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP
Number of memory channels limited by computer memory
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN SONY-ICF-006800W WINRADIO-WR-G000315I DRAKE-T-000004XC