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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands General coverage 0.015-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 1 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 1 / 3 / 8 kHz
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws -
Impedance 50/200Ω ? 50-75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains Mains (100-125 VAC or 200-250 VAC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1939 and 194x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
? 483 × 178 × 413 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.26 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 RME-000070 RACAL-RA-001772