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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? 0.001-10.000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.54.32 MHz 0.01-60 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? Preamp off: 1.3 µV
Preamp on: 0.3 µV
(-123/-133 dBm in 500 Hz)
Selectivity ? ? CW 500/640 (–6 to 60 dB)
SSB 2.39/2.54 (–6 to 60 dB)
AM 6.6/6.74 (–6 to 60 dB)
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system ? ? Direct conversion, low IF
IF-freqs. ? ? Software selectable from DC to 20 KHz
Image rejection ? ? 160-10m: 96dB or better6m: 71 dB or better
Audio output ? ? Stereo line-out, accepts PC type speakers

Transmitter

TX-range - 10, 11, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m 160-6m
Modulations - CW   AM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 10 W CW/SSB: 1-100 W PEP, AM: 2-25W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC ±10%
Current RX 60W ? 1.5A
TX - ? 25A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 2009 and 20xx
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
324 × 178 × 197 mm
(12.76 × 7.01 × 7.76 in)
311 × 44 × 311 mm
(12.24 × 1.73 × 12.24 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) 4.08 kg (9.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories None ? 100000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000075 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-003000