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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.15-0.5 MHz + 23 additional
500 KHz ranges between 0.5-30 MHz
0.6-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   CW  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? ≥ 2 µV
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
? 5 kHz
300 Hz with optional crystal filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Proprietary Hi-Z -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC or mains Mains
Current RX ? Max 210 mA @ 12 VDC (with dial lamps turned off) 65 W
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1946 and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
274 × 140 × 324 mm
(10.79 × 5.51 × 12.76 in)
426 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.77 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
? Noise limiter
S-meter
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C DRAKE-SPR-000004 EDDYSTONE-000504