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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 11 m (26.965-27.405 MHz) 545 kHz - 33 MHz with plug-in coils
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? XTAL-filter was added in later versions
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 11 m (26.965-27.405 MHz) -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains Mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1958 and 196x in USA Between 1932 and 1935 in USA
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
? 527 × 241 × 349 mm
(20.75 × 9.49 × 13.74 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? XTAL ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000002 EF-JOHNSON-MESSENGER-I HAMMARLUND-COMET-PRO