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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 1.8-30 MHz 0.14-30 / 88-108 MHz 2-20 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   W-FM Stereo   SSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 3 switch-selected bandwidths available; 5 kc/s,1200 c/s and 300 c/s, including LF filters.
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 601.3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 80 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Built-in sweep Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 6V DC (4R20/D), 12V DC external or mains 200-250V AC / 12V DC
Current RX ? ? 60 W
TX Max 15 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 19xx Between 1992 and 1996 in Portugal Between 194x and 19xx
Dimensions ? 311.15 × 184.15 × 76.2 mm
(12.25 × 7.25 × 3.00 in)
413 × 222 × 286 mm
(16.26 × 8.74 × 11.26 in)
Weight 6.50 kg (14.3 lbs) 1.81 kg (4.0 lbs) 18.30 kg (40.4 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 512 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? Alpha tags. RDS. AGC. Clock ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-TR-000005 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-000700 MARCONI-R001475-RG44