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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.1-30 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   USB   LSB   ISB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? ?
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
? SSB
2.4 kHz @ -3 dB
4.5 kHz @ -60 dB

AM/FM
12 kHz @ -3 dB
32 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
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains (120/240 V AC) 13.5 (11...16) V DC
Current RX ? ? 600 mA
TX - - 2.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1971 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
193 × 88 × 260 mm
(7.60 × 3.46 × 10.24 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C DRAKE-DSR-000001 SEMCOSET-SEMCO-ROTO-S