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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz 25 / 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-776 / 794-824 / 849-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   FM   FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
FM (20 dB S/N)
25-54 MHz: 0.3 µV
108-137 MHz: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz: 0.5 µV
216-300 MHz: 0.5 µV
300-406 MHz: 0.8 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.5 µV
764-960 MHz: 0.7 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
AM (20 dB S/N)**
25-54 MHz: 1 µV
108-137 MHz: 1 µV
137-174 MHz: 1.5 µV
216-225 MHz: 1.5 µV
225-300 MHz: 2 µV
300-406 MHz: 3 µV
406-512 MHz: 2 µV
764-960 MHz: 2 µV
1240-1300 MHz: 3 µV
?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
+/-8 kHz (-6 dB), +/-17 dB (-50 dB) ?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection > 80 dB 60 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 25 W, Low: 1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 3 A (60 W) 200 mA (squelched) Max 0.7 A
TX - - Max 5.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 1979 and 19xx
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
185 × 64 × 223 mm
(7.28 × 2.52 × 8.78 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) 5 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS. Alpha tags. Weather alert/FIPS/SAME/Skywarn Triple trunking, tracks Motorola type I/II, EDACS and LTR. Spectrum sweeper. PC-programmable. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000400 ICOM-IC-000255E