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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

Current value
USD 403 ~ USD 560
EUR 463 ~ EUR 553
USD 803 ~ USD 1,332
CAD 994
EUR 828 ~ EUR 1,729
Rating 3 reviews 4 reviews
HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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 ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 0.03-60 / 118-174 / 220-512 MHz
23 cm/10 W option
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
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
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) Main: >70 dBSub: >60 dB
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W Max 100/100/100/50 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX 2 A max Squelched 2.6 A
TX 20 A max Max 20.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
281 × 107 × 371 mm
(11.06 × 4.21 × 14.61 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 7.80 kg (17.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options DSP
Built-in 1K2/9K6 TNC
Auto-AT on HF/6m
DX-Cluster functions
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TS-002000