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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Amateur Keyer / CW-keyboard
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m - 0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   CW  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? ≥ 2 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
? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 W

Transmitter

TX-range - ? -
Modulations - All mode   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 50Ω ? 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 9 V battery or mains Mains
Current RX ? - 65 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 197x and 19xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
? 426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

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)
? Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C CURTIS-ELECTRO-DEVICES-EK-000480 EDDYSTONE-000504