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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 1.5-30 MHz LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   W-FM Stereo   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
? ?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz 2.3 kHz (SSB) ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ? 2 × 7 Watts max

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-10 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output ? 120 W ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) - Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8V DC Internal batteries or mains
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ? ?
TX - Max 25 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1978 and 198x in USA Between 1979 and 1982
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
346 × 116 × 317 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.48 in)
530 × 290 × 120 mm
(20.87 × 11.42 × 4.72 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 7.40 kg (16.3 lbs) without batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 6 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Analogue and digital frequency display
S-Meter
SSB / BFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A DRAKE-TR-000007 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-002400SL