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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 80-10 m 26.965-27.225 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
? ?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
? ?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 80 dB ? ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m 26.965-27.225 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
RF-output ? 150 W 500 mW

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) Mains ?
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1978 and 19xx Between 1982 and 1988
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
273 × 140 × 365 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 14.37 in)
78 × 240 × 49 mm
(3.07 × 9.45 × 1.93 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 7.30 kg (16.1 lbs) 1.15 kg (2.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A DRAKE-TR-000004CW ZODIAC-P-002202