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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps Continuous ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 26.965-27.255 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50/75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX - ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1960 and 1961 Between 197x and 197x Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 304 × 177 × 228 mm
(11.97 × 6.97 × 8.98 in)
? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Headless

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Seven optional bands ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-A LAFAYETTE-DYNA-COM-000003B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M