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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range General coverage (~0.5-30 MHz) 0.5-29.995 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 70 dB ?
Audio output ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC 420-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 100 W SSB/CW/FM: 2.5-25 W, AM: 2.5-10 W 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 4 A 200-450 mA
TX ? 5 A max 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 14 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000741 ICOM-IC-000732M ICOM-ID-000031A