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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
HF/VHF SDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? ?
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling ADC sampling rate: 122.88 Msps, ADC resolution: 16 bit.
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations - AM   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output ? 12 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? ? 1.7 A
TX - ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
? 350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Headless

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
2 × USB 2.0
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C GALAXY-DX-000949 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006400M