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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz) ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe) -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY   -
RF-output 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W) 5-10 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery Mains
Current RX 1.2-1.5 A ? ?
TX Max 20 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1985 and 198x in Japan Between 2020 and 202x in Japan Between 1958 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 94 × 272 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 10.71 in)
200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
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Weight 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
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Accessories ? Not specified ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000731 ICOM-IC-000705 HALLICRAFTERS-SX-000101 MK III