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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
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  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ±5 p.p.m. stock or ±1 p.p.m. with the TCXO option ?
Tuning steps Continuous 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m 0.531-1320 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   PSK31/63   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 500 Hz bandwidth: -136 dBm (typical), preamp on
AM: Not specified
FM: Not specified
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 2.7 kHz + variable IF DSP Options: 200 Hz, 250 Hz, 400 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 1.8 kHz, 2.1 kHz, 2.8 kHz, 6 kHz (AM & ESSB), & 12 kHz for FM ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.215 MHz
2nd: 15 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz (2m option) -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   PSK31/63   -
RF-output ? 0.1-10 / 0.1-100 ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 11-15V DC ?V DC
Current RX ? 0.9 A ?
TX - 22 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2007 and 20xx in USA Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
112 × 282 × 300 mm
(4.41 × 11.10 × 11.81 in)
60 × 120 × 32 mm
(2.36 × 4.72 × 1.26 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) 4.25 kg (9.4 lbs) 310 gr (10.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 144 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS-232C
Built-in PSK31/CW/RTTY decoder/encoder
Built-in keyer
DVR option
Sub RX option
Speech descrambler
Clock / alarm / on-off timer
Green/orange LCD backlight
Data cloning
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000002 ELECRAFT-K000003 YUPITERU-MVT-007300