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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 15-160 m: 0.4 µV (10 dB S/N)
10 m: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? 2.7 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.3 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.52 MHz
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W / 3.2 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 4 W 50-100 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 300-500 mA
TX - ? 16 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1975 and 1979 in USA
Dimensions ? 195 × 60 × 205 mm
(7.68 × 2.36 × 8.07 in)
240 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.45 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
Weight ? 2.40 kg (5.3 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AM 100 kHz calibrator
Dimmer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 COMMANDER-TR-000028 ATLAS-000210