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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Transmitter Exciter
HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) - 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 60dB ? ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-32 MHz -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) Mains Mains
Current RX 40W - Max 100 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 1964 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
483 × 222 × 400 mm
(19.02 × 8.74 × 15.75 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) 40.00 kg (88.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B TMC-SBE-000002 EDDYSTONE-000880/3