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HF Receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 1.25m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±10 p.p.m. (-10°C to +60°C) 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 ? 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-0.4 / 2.5-20 MHz 220-225 MHz 0.030-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? 0.18 µV for 12 dB SINAD 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 ? More than 15 kHz (-6 dB), less than 30 kHz (-60 dB) 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 ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 17.2 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? 60 dB More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Audio output ? 2.4 W (8 ohms at 10% distortion) More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load

Transmitter

TX-range - 220-225 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 5 W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 100 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 13.8 V DC ±15% 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground)
Current RX ? 450-800 mA 2 A max
TX - 3-6.5 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions ? 140 × 50 × 171 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 6.73 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 21 channels in 1 bank(s) 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 HAMMARLUND-SP-000220-LX ICOM-IC-000038A ICOM-IC-000718