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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobiele VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.01-30 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB   AM  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? 1 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
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Filters ? 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne XTAL
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W undistorted (according to manual...)

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? ? 750 mW

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains 6 or 12V DC or mains
Current RX ? Max 2 A ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1960 and 1971
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
248 × 203 × 152 mm
(9.76 × 7.99 × 5.98 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ? 4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C DRAKE-R-000077 HEATHKIT-HW-000030-'TWOER'