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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-160 m 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m -
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output ? Max 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? ? 2A max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1992 and 1996 in USA Between 1982 and 1985
Dimensions ? ? 346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP. RS-232C. Full QSK. Built-in keyer ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 TEN-TEC-OMNI-VI-(000563) DRAKE-R-004245