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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
6m / 10m Transverter

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 0.1-30 MHz 10m -> 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   USB   LSB   ISB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Double / triple conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 2 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10m <- 50-54 MHz
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? SSB/CW: 16 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (120/240 V AC) 12-16 V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1971 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
168 × 153 × 336 mm
(6.61 × 6.02 × 13.23 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 5.20 kg (11.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Marine / Navy Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
Built-in speaker
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 DRAKE-DSR-000001 KENWOOD-TV-000506