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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 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 10Hz / 50Hz / 1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.55-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 3.5 µV at 20 MHz (-6 dB, 30% modulation)
Selectivity ? 4.5 kHz (-6 dB)
25 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 70.4515 MHz
2nd: 9.0115
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output 10-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX ? 35 W
TX 20 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1958 and 196x
Dimensions 304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
496 × 160 × 362 mm
(19.53 × 6.30 × 14.25 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage 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
BFO
Bandspread
ANL (Autom. Noise Limiter)
Accessories ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 REGENCY-WT-000004