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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop LF receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? Better that 200 Hz/hour after warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 10-600 kHz in 6 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ≤ 5 µV for 15 dB S/N
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? 120 Hz @ -6 dB
400 Hz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? 2 independent crystal filters + 1000 Hz audio filter
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 720 kHz
Image rejection >50 dB ? ≥ 75 dB
Audio output ? ? Requires external speaker / headphones

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 100 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in sweep Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/75 Ω 75Ω 75/300Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 1976 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
? ?
Weight 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000005D DRAKE-SSR-000001 EDDYSTONE-000850/4