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Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps XTAL/VFO controlled ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range - 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 144 MHz: 0.5µV
440 MHz: 0.18µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system XTAL Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 80-10 m - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations CW   - FM  
RF-output 40-60 W ? High: 35/10 W, Low: 3.5/1 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC or mains 13.8 V DC
Current RX - ? 1.1 A
TX ? - 2.5-6.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1964 and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1978 and 198x
Dimensions ? 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
210 × 90 × 300 mm
(8.27 × 3.54 × 11.81 in)
Weight ? 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-NT DRAKE-RR-000003 DRAKE-UV-000003E