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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 500 Hz after switch on from 1 to 60 minutes, less than ± 100 Hz after 1 hour
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 / 46.2-61.1 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output 100 W 10-100 / 1-10 W (AM 10-40/1-4 W) 10-100 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? Max 20 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1972 and 1974 in USA Between 1992 and 199x Between 1983 and 198x in Japan
Dimensions ? 241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
Weight ? 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs) 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 16 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? All-mode squelch
Attenuator
Preamp
Dual digital VFOs
Multi-functional meter
Notch filter
Passband Tuning
RIT/XIT
TCXO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-FPM-000300 ICOM-IC-000729 ICOM-IC-000745