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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 144-148 MHz 11m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   FM  
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 XTAL ?
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 11m
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? 1 W 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 45 mA ?
TX - 650 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 197x and 197x Between 198x and 198x in USA
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
135 × 58 × 181 mm
(5.31 × 2.28 × 7.13 in)
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Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 1.70 kg (3.8 lbs) 10 × NiCd and mic included ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 6 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C DRAKE-TR-000022 PRESIDENT-KP-000033