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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 5 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40/80 m 0.3-30 MHz 0.1-1856 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? 1.60 µV 1.6-50 MHz
0.56 µV 50-905 MHz
1.00 µV 905-130 MHz
1.40 µV 1380-1800 MHz
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? AM: 6.0 kHz
N-FM: 15 kHz
W-FM: 180 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W @ 4 - 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40/80 m 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 50 W 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.6-2.1 A 1.1 A max
TX ? Max 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 1994 and 199x Between 1990 and 1998 in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 150 × 330 mm
(12.99 × 5.91 × 12.99 in)
333 × 110 × 285 mm
(13.11 × 4.33 × 11.22 in)
150 × 50 × 181 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 7.13 in)
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Built-in auto-AT. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000004S ICOM-IC-000738 ICOM-IC-R000100