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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ≥ 26 dB S+N+D/N+D at 1 µV
Selectivity ? ± 7.5 kHz @ -6 dB
± 15 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.695 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 300 mW into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 100 W High: 1.5 W, Low: 0.15 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 8.4V DC
Current RX 900 mA 20-130 mA
TX Max 20 A 220-550 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1980 and 199x
Dimensions 241 × 111 × 311 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 12.24 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 490 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP3
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000720A ICOM-IC-000002A