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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ±0.5 ppm 32 °F to 122 °F (0 °C to +50 °C) ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.001-10.000 MHz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.01-60 MHz 11m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV @ 14MHz
Preamp on: 0.3 µV @ 14MHz
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
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Selectivity ? CW 500 Hz –6/-60 dB: 500/640 (–6/–60 dB)
SSB 2.4 kHz –6/-60 dB: 2.39/2.54 (–6/–60 dB)
AM 6.6 kHz –6/-60 dB: 6.60/6.74 (–6/–60 dB)
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Filters ? Software controlled ?
Receiver system ? SDR, Direct conversion, low IF ?
IF-freqs. ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB or better (160 - 6m Amateur bands) ?
Audio output ? 7 W + Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 160-6m 11m
Modulations - AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY   FM  
RF-output ? CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary BNC + SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC ± 10% 13.8 V DC
Current RX 60W 1.5A ?
TX - 30A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 2008 and 20xx in USA Between 198x and 198x in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
449 × 221 × 373 mm
(17.68 × 8.70 × 14.69 in)
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Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 16.50 kg (36.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories None 100000 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? SDR (Software Defined Radio) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B FLEXRADIO-FLEX-005000C PRESIDENT-KP-000044