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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 7 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 40-70 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   All mode   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W into 8 ohm at 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz - -
Modulations FM   N-FM   - -
RF-output 5 / 20 / 50 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% Mains Mains
Current RX 400-600 mA ? ?
TX 11 A max - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1991 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 196x and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
483 × 135 × 470 mm
(19.02 × 5.31 × 18.50 in)
377 × 169 × 340 mm
(14.84 × 6.65 × 13.39 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Packet option (EJ-41U) not for DR-03T ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000006T RACAL-RA-006793A HEATHKIT-SB-000300