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Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Kit Shortwave Transmitter
Marine Shortwave receiver IMR54

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  10m  40m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 MHz all-mode incl WFM - 15 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   - AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 kHz: 4-20 µV (10 dB S/N)
160-1500 kHz: 6-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.5-4 MHz: 1.5-3 µV (10 dB S/N)
4-10 MHz: 2-6 µV (10 dB S/N)
10-31 MHz: 2-10 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? Wide, Intermediate, Narrow and Very narrow settings.
500 Hz ... 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz (USA)
7.0-7.125 MHz -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   CW   -
RF-output 100/100/20 W 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC Mains (110-250 V AC)
Current RX Max 1.8 A - 82 W
TX Max 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1997 and 199x in Japan Between 1977 and 200x in Japan Between 1952 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
? 747 × 385 × 451 mm
(29.41 × 15.16 × 17.76 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) ? 60.90 kg (134.4 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Kit Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000706MKII MIZUHO-QP-000007 EDDYSTONE-000700