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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Overall drift after warm-up: less than 100 Hz ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous 0.01 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 80-10 m (no WARC) 14 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   FAX  
Sensitivity ? <0,5 µV (10 dB S+N/N) AM, SSB < 0,5 uV
Selectivity ? 2.1 kHz (-6 dB)
3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
150 Hz, 400 Hz, 750Hz, 1,75 kHz, 3,1 kHz, 6 kHz, +/- 0,25 - 6 kHz (SSB, -6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9 MHz 1st: 70.2 MHz
2nd: 200 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m (no WARC) -
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? SSB: 300 W PEP, AM: 260 W PEP (both input) ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1986 and 19xx in East Germany
Dimensions 374 × 169 × 292 mm
(14.72 × 6.65 × 11.50 in)
? 540 × 198 × 395 mm
(21.26 × 7.80 × 15.55 in)
Weight 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075S-2 DRAKE-TR-000004C RFT-EKD-000500