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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver

General

Current value
USD 271 ~ USD 390
EUR 311
USD 89 ~ USD 109
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HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV 0.5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
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
2.1 kHz (-6 dB), 7 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz 1st: 8.395-8.895 MHz
2nd: 3.395 MHz
Image rejection ? 50 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Proprietary RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 11.5-15V DC or mains
Current RX ? Max 750 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1977 and 1981 in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
324 × 171 × 304 mm
(12.76 × 6.73 × 11.97 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C HEATHKIT-HR-001680