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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur HF Receiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-80 m 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Li-Ion
Current RX 60W ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 1966 and 1970 in USA Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
?
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B HEATHKIT-SB-000301 AOR-AR-DV000010