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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF Weather radio
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 162.400-162.550 MHz (fixed channels) 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? 0.3µV (12dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity ? 25kHz ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 160-6 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output SSB/CW/FM: 10-100W (200W input), AM: 10-40W ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip) + Built-in telescopic BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9V DC or 6×AA 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 200 mA 1.7 A
TX 20 A max - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 19xx Between 200x and 200x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 306 × 115 × 349 mm
(12.05 × 4.53 × 13.74 in)
152 × 181 × 40 mm
(5.98 × 7.13 × 1.57 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight ? 395 gr (13.9 oz) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) 7 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000751 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-HAZARD-ALERT FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M