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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   FM   AM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
144 MHz: 0.5µV
440 MHz: 0.18µV
1 µV
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 ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? XTAL
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 ? 1 W undistorted (according to manual...)

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10 m
Modulations - FM   AM  
RF-output ? High: 35/10 W, Low: 3.5/1 W 5 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8 V DC 6 or 12V DC or mains
Current RX 3 A (60 W) 1.1 A ?
TX - 2.5-6.5 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1978 and 198x Between 1961 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
210 × 90 × 300 mm
(8.27 × 3.54 × 11.81 in)
248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A DRAKE-UV-000003E HEATHKIT-HW-000019-'TENER'