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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? 10-400 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
AM: 0.8 µV
400-1000 MHz
N-FM: 0.7 µV
W-FM: 6.0 µV
1000-1500 MHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 724.20 MHz
2nd: 287.550 MHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 4.8-6 V DC internal batteries or 9-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 95-140 mA
TX Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1993 and 19xx Between 1995 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
63 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.48 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
Weight 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 315 gr (11.1 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 500 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Backlit LCD
Backlit keypad
Attenuator
Sleep timer
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DA900 Flexible antenna 9 inch [BNC]
MPN ICOM-IC-000707 AOR-AR-002700