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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station CB Transceiver
Mobile UHF transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  70cm 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Channelized 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 26.965-27.255 MHz 400-490 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? W-FM ≤ 0.25 μV (12 dB SINAD)
N-FM ≤ 0.35 μV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? 12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60dB ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD Internal speaker 2 W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz 400-490 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 3.5 W 10 / 25 / 45 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) Mains / 13.8 V DC 13.8 V DC (±15%)
Current RX 40W ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
310 × 110 × 225 mm
(12.20 × 4.33 × 8.86 in)
145 × 47 × 190 mm
(5.71 × 1.85 × 7.48 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 24 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 23 channels (1-23) + one additional 11A channel CTCSS / DCS
Accessories ? - ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B LAFAYETTE-TELSAT-002000-AMFM ANYTONE-AT-000588-UHF