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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 10-160 m 0.03-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Clamps / screws + Hi-Z
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains ?V DC 12V DC external or 8LR6 internal
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1998 and xxxx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
? 185 × 80 × 175 mm
(7.28 × 3.15 × 6.89 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 KENWOOD-TS-000520SE LOWE-HF-000150E