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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  17m (WARC)  ?
Freq. stability ? Initial fluctuation ± 500 Hz, then 100 Hz / 30 min (25 °C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV input S/N 15 dB or more AM
< 1,5 MHz: 5 µV
1,5 - 30 MHz: < 1 µV
SSB
< 1,5 MHz: 1 µV
1,5 - 30 MHz: < 0,5 µV
Selectivity ? ? AM: 7 / 13 kHz (-6 / -30 dB)
SSB 4 / 8 kHz (-6 / -30 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS Wadley Loop
IF-freqs. ? 11.2735 MHz 1st: 2.5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 17 m (50 kHz per XTAL) -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 2 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239 + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9.5 V DC Mains / 12 V DC / 8 × UM-1 cells
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A 68 mA ?
TX Max 20 A 620 mA max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 1989 and 2002 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
340 × 156 × 290 mm
(13.39 × 6.14 × 11.42 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included 6.40 kg (14.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Clarify control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000731 JIM-MX-000018S STANDARD-C-006500