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Base Station Marine Receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ?
Selectivity ? ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker requires headphones / external speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna - BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 20-32V DC (28V nominal)
Current RX ? 30 W
TX - 140 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Military communication
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 CLANSMAN-VRC-000321