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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-170 / 300-470 / 806-1000 MHz 0.53-1650 MHz (tunes down to 0.1 kHz)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 10 µV
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
2-30 MHz: 1.5 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
1000-1300 MHz: 1 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-1000 MHz: 0.75 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
2-30 MHz: 1 µV
30-1000 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 592.3 / 227.5 MHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz
3rd: ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 100 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep BNC BNC
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 4LR6 or external 12V DC 4 × AA/LR6 or external 12 V DC
Current RX ? Max 200 mA 10-140 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1997 and 19xx Between 1993 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 59 × 152 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.98 × 1.26 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
Weight ? 310 gr (10.9 oz) 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories None 200 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 16 channels/second 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Speech descrambler. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 YUPITERU-MVT-003300 YUPITERU-MVT-007100