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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  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 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   -
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 10-160 m + WARC - 10-80m
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - CW   SSB  
RF-output 10-100 W ? 600 W output with 100 W drive

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC Mains
Current RX ? Max 200 mA ?
TX 20 A max - 8 A @ 240 V AC, 16 A @ 120 V AC

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in Japan Between 1997 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 304 × 111 × 355 mm
(11.97 × 4.37 × 13.98 in)
59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) without optional IC-PS35 power supply 310 gr (10.9 oz) 15.85 kg (35.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 16 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second ?
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
Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000745 YUPITERU-MVT-003300 HEATHKIT-SB-000200