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Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 138-174 MHz 150-8000 kHz in 4 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   FM   AM   CW   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 ? ?
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 - 140.1-150 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 25 W, Low: 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) 13.8V DC 12/24/32 V DC 9 V DC from internal batteries
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ? 100-300 mA
TX - Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1964 and 196x in Denmark
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
140 × 50 × 137 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 5.39 in)
335 × 220 × 150 mm
(13.19 × 8.66 × 5.91 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) ? 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None 20 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ? Direction Finding function on all bands
BFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A ICOM-IC-000228A SAILOR-000046TD