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HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

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)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability Marginal ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous tuning ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-32 MHz in four bands 0.1-30 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity Unpublished ? ?
Selectivity Unpublished ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters L/C ? ?
Receiver system 5 tubes, Single conversion, oscillating IF ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC
Impedance 52-600Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (AC or DC) 13.8V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX 30 W @ 110 V AC 1.2-1.5 A ?
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 195x and 195x in USA Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 190 × 225 mm
(12.99 × 7.48 × 8.86 in)
241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-S-000038D ICOM-IC-000731 ICOM-IC-000705