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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless Amateur Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 p.p.m. @ -30 to +85°C (-22 to +185°F) ?
Tuning steps Continuous Software dependent Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 0.001-2000 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? SDR Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - ? 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 50-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. External PSU (Icom IC-700PS) 5 V DC (USB-C 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? < 600 mA 300-500 mA
TX - ? 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2024 and 20xx in Great Britain Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions 255 × 200 × 240 mm
(10.04 × 7.87 × 9.45 in)
200 × 40 × 105 mm
(7.87 × 1.57 × 4.13 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight ? 800 gr (1.8 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000700R SDRPLAY-NRSP-ST ATLAS-000210M