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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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Single Band SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  None  40m 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz) ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 25 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
40 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD ≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
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Filters ? ? about 2.0 kHz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 8.467 MHz or 8.192 MHz, depending on the selected tuning range
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD 3.5mm connector, mono output

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
40 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   SSB  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 1 / 25 W 10 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 12 or(!) 24 V DC 12~13.8 V
Current RX 2 A max 500 mA 30 mA
TX 20 A max 5 A max 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 SAILOR-RT000144 CRKITS-KN-Q000007A