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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF Transmitter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ≥ 100 Hz drift/hour after warm-up, ≥ 100 Hz/10% power line variation
Tuning steps Continuous 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   FM   -
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
?
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 ? ?
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 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? High: 35/10 W, Low: 3.5/1 W 80-15m: 100W, 10m: 80W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 13.8 V DC Mains (120-240 V AC)
Current RX 3 A (60 W) 1.1 A -
TX - 2.5-6.5 A 260 W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1978 and 198x Between 1966 and 1975 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)
378 × 143 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 5.63 × 13.39 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 12.02 kg (26.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A DRAKE-UV-000003E HEATHKIT-SB-000401