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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Mobile Dual-Band UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 9 kHz - 52 MHz / 142-172 MHz 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. AM
2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
1.5 µV (142-172 MHz)
33 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

FM
4 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.2 µV (142-172 MHz)
28 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

SSB/CW
0.2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.18 µV (142-172 MHz)
22 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)
0 cm: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
23 cm: 0.22 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better AM 6 kHz
FM 12 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
CW 600 Hz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double (70cm) /triple (23cm) conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 70.7 MHz
2nd: 10.698 (main), 10.702 (sub)
70cm
1st: 30.875 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
23cm
1st: 136.6 MHz
2nd: 17.2 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 60dB > 70 dB ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD 4.8 W (2×2.4 W main/sub) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m 430-440 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
RF-output ? HF/6 m: 100 W, 2 m: 10 W High: 35/10 W, Low: 5/1 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 40W ? 1-1.4 A
TX - ? 4-10.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 2006 and 200x in Germany Between 1989 and 199x in Japan
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
425 × 175 × 465 mm
(16.73 × 6.89 × 18.31 in)
150 × 50 × 195 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 7.68 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? AFC
Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B HILBERLING-PT-008000A ICOM-IC-002500E