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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 / 0.1 / 1 kHz 50 Hz - 1000 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 0.1-2036 MHz 15 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC - -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? ? 60 W
TX 20 A max. - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 198x Between 1989 and 199x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 275 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.83 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
483 × 133 × 450 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 17.72 in)
Weight ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 8 channels in 8 bank(s) 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features RIT
Dial lock
Noise Blanker
Preamp
Dual Digital VFOs
RS232 port ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000730 AOR-AR-003000AB RACAL-RA-003791