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Base Station Marine Receiver
Headless VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? 10 p.p.m. (0 to 60° C) ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 30 - 1000 MHz 40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? FM, N-FM: 0.7 µV (30-500 MHz), 0.8 µV (500-1000 MHz)
W-FM: 2.0 µV (30-500 MHz), 2.5 µV (500-1000 MHz)
3 µV above 1500 kHz
8 µV for lower frequencies
Selectivity ? FM-N: 12 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-M: 30 kHz (continuously variable)
FM-W: 230 kHz
2 kHz @ -2.5 dB
5 kHz @ -35 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne DDS-based dual-conversion superheterodyne with software-defined last IF stage and demodulator Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
1st: 109.65 MHz
2nd: 12 kHz
450 kHz
Image rejection ? 60 dB ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - SMA -
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 12V DC Mains
Current RX ? 500mA ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 200x and 200x Between 194x and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
164 × 96 × 41 mm
(6.46 × 3.78 × 1.61 in)
520 × 305 × 342 mm
(20.47 × 12.01 × 13.46 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 470 gr (1.0 lbs) 22.90 kg (50.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB (1.0 / 2.0) compatible computer connection. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 WINRADIO-WR-G000033WSM EDDYSTONE-000358