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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Triple-band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  1.25m  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 ? ? 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 10-80 m 65-108 / 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheteodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60dB ? 65/60 dB
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 136-174 / 200-260 / 400-520 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 100 W 1 / 8 W

Connections

Antenna - - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) ?V DC 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX 40W ? 380 mA max, ≤ 75 mA in standby
TX - ? 1.4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 2019 and 202x in China
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
? 60 × 112 × 35 mm
(2.36 × 4.41 × 1.38 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? CTCSS/PL + DCS
DTMF
VOX
LED flashlight
Roger beep
PC-programmable.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B TEN-TEC-TRITON-IV-(000540) BAOFENG-UV-000005R-PRO