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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF Receiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 11m (CB) 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change 1 ppm per °C change in ambient temperature. 0.1 ppm per °C with crystal control. ?
Tuning steps ? ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 27-240 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   -
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. 5 µV (100 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? 30 / 200 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 10.7 MHz ?
Image rejection 60dB ? ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD 500 mW @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? 25 W

Connections

Antenna - BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) Mains or 12V DC ?
Current RX 40W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1967 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
426 × 154 × 342 mm
(16.77 × 6.06 × 13.46 in)
?
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 8.80 kg (19.4 lbs) desktop model ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 23 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? AM/SSB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B EDDYSTONE-000990R COMMANDER-000119.137