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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Single Band SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  2m  10m  40m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.03-200 MHz all-mode incl WFM 40 m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ≥ 0.5 μV at 10 dB SNR
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? about 2.0 kHz
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 8.467 MHz or 8.192 MHz, depending on the selected tuning range
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3.5mm connector, mono output

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz (USA)
40 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSB  
RF-output ? 100/100/10 W 10 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 12~13.8 V
Current RX 60W ? 30 mA
TX - ? 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
153 × 97 × 40 mm
(6.02 × 3.82 × 1.57 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories None 102 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B ICOM-IC-000706 CRKITS-KN-Q000007