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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 80-10 m / 160 m optional
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB   DSB   FSK   RTTY  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 100 W (180 W INPUT)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains
Current RX 2 A max -
TX 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1958 and 196x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
457 × 222 × 381 mm
(17.99 × 8.74 × 15.00 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 40.80 kg (90.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 CENTRAL-ELECTRONICS-000100V