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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz - LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? AM: 500 W, SSB: 1 KW, CW: 600 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω ? 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains ?V DC
Current RX ? - ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 196x and 196x in USA Between 1973 and 1975
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
? 460 × 270 × 120 mm
(18.11 × 10.63 × 4.72 in)
Weight 6.35 kg (14.0 lbs) ? 6.30 kg (13.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000002 E.F.-JOHNSON-INVADER-002000 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-002000