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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 271 ~ USD 390
EUR 311
USD 188 ~ USD 349 (similar rigs)
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HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m (2 m option)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
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 ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Proprietary -
Impedance 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (100-234 V AC)
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1968 and 19xx in Japan (made by Yaesu for Sommerkamp)
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
370 × 160 × 290 mm
(14.57 × 6.30 × 11.42 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 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 SOMMERKAMP-FRDX-000500