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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? Overall drift after warm-up: less than 100 Hz
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 0.01-30 MHz 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? <0,5 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? 2.1 kHz (-6 dB)
3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 9 MHz
Image rejection 60dB ? > 60 dB
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10 m (no WARC)
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 300 W PEP, AM: 260 W PEP (both input)

Connections

Antenna - Proprietary SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) Mains or 13.8V DC Mains
Current RX 40W ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
? ?
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B DRAKE-R000007 DRAKE-TR-000004C