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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Portable VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 25 / 50 kHz (see description) 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 0.3-30 MHz 30.00-75.95 MHz in 2 bands 0.009-6000 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? 0.50 µV for S+N+D/N+D of 10 dB AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion Down converter (3150-6000 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? External speaker / headphones ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 30.00-75.95 MHz in 2 bands -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 4-40 W) 1.3-4.0 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12.5 + 2.5V DC (BA-4386/U, BA-398/U or BA-55984 or a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery cassette) 10-16 V DC
Current RX 1.6-2.1 A ? 200 - 1500 mA
TX Max 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 199x Between 1968 and 19xx in USA / Germany Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 333 × 110 × 285 mm
(13.11 × 4.33 × 11.22 in)
273 × 100 × 273 mm
(10.75 × 3.94 × 10.75 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 6.20 kg (13.7 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 920 channels in bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Built-in auto-AT. Twin RX Range: 8 km (5 mi) depending on conditions CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000738 MILITARY-AN/PRC-000077 AOR-AR-006000