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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps XTAL/VFO controlled ? ?

Receiver

RX-range - 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 150-4000 kHz in 4 bands
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - -
Modulations CW   - -
RF-output 40-60 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50Ω 50/200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC or mains 12/24/32 V DC 9 V DC from internal batteries
Current RX - ? 100-300 mA
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1965 and 196x in Denmark
Dimensions ? 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
335 × 220 × 150 mm
(13.19 × 8.66 × 5.91 in)
Weight ? 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Marine / Navy
Features ? ? Direction Finding function on all bands
BFO
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-NT DRAKE-RR-000003 SAILOR-000046T