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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 10 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
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Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
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Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne VXO. Max 2 XTALS
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
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Image rejection > 80 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10 m (50 kHz per XTAL)
Modulations - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 2 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 9.5V DC
Current RX 3 A (60 W) 68 mA
TX - Max 600 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1987 and 2002 in Japan
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 645 gr (1.4 lbs) batteries included
Form factor Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A MIZUHO-MX-000028S