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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Antenna Noise Bridge
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
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) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 1-30 MHz
1-100 MHz
545 kHz - 33 MHz with plug-in coils
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode   AM   CW  
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)
? ?
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
? ?
Filters ? ? XTAL-filter was added in later versions
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC ? -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode   -
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Internal 9 V battery or external 9-11 V DC Mains
Current RX 2 A max 45 mA ?
TX 20 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1975 and 197x in USA Between 1932 and 1935 in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
130 × 57 × 127 mm
(5.12 × 2.24 × 5.00 in)
527 × 241 × 349 mm
(20.75 × 9.49 × 13.74 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 HEATHKIT-HD-001422 HAMMARLUND-COMET-PRO