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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Professional HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ?
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
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Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains
Current RX ? Max 60 W
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1973 and 1977 in Sweden
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
483 × 133 × 500 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.69 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C SRT-CR000305