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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.54-30 MHz 80-15 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 1 µV for 10 dB signal to noise ratio
Selectivity ? ? 2.1 kHz @ -6 dB / 4.5 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Super-Heterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1 W, external speaker required 2 W at 10% THD (max 3 W)

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-15 m
Modulations - - USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 135 W PEP

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω 40-100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 105-125V AC Mains
Current RX ? ? 35 W
TX - - 165 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1961 and 1965 in USA Between 1963 and 196x in USA
Dimensions ? 400 × 222 × 229 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 9.02 in)
298 × 140 × 260 mm
(11.73 × 5.51 × 10.24 in)
Weight ? ? 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000190 SBE-SB-000033