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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double / triple conversion
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? >60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
RX: 118-174 MHz
-
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains (120/240 V AC)
Current RX ? 0.8-1 A ?
TX - Max 10.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1995 and 1998 in Japan Between 1971 and 19xx
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
? 330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 60 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
CTCSS encoder (CTCSS decoder option) Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C ICOM-IC-002000H DRAKE-DSR-000001