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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Speaker

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m + WARC -
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
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 10-50 W) ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ?
Current RX ? ? -
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between and
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
425 × 149 × 411 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 16.18 in)
?
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
CRT ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C ICOM-IC-000780 DRAKE-000002-BQ