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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 200 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.495-999.990 MHz 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   W-FM   DV   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   DV   -
RF-output ? High: 5/5, Low: 0.5/0.5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ?V DC battery or 10-16V DC external 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 60W 17-370 mA 2A max
TX - Max 2.2 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 1965 in USA Between 2006 and 200x in Japan Between 1982 and 1985
Dimensions 140 × 273 × 297 mm
(5.51 × 10.75 × 11.69 in)
58 × 103 × 34 mm
(2.28 × 4.06 × 1.34 in)
346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
Weight 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 300 gr (10.6 oz) with battery and antenna ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1304 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF and CTCSS. Spectrum scope PC-programmable. Alpha tags. Twin RX. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004 ICOM-IC-E000091 DRAKE-R-004245