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Base Station Marine Receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 26.965-27.255 MHz 0.5-29.995 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW
1.8-29.995 MHz: 0.16 µV (10 dB S/N)
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.995 MHz: 2.0 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM
28.0-29.7 MHz: 0.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 4.0 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 32 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? 1st: 69 MHz
2nd: 9 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 2.6 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW/FM: 10-100 W, AM: 10-40 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains ? 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 4 A
TX - ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1992 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
? 330 × 111 × 285 mm
(12.99 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ? 8.05 kg (17.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 SHARP-TWINCOMM-000050 ICOM-IC-000732