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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ? poor
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 0.54.32 MHz 6m
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? poor
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? tubes
IF-freqs. ? ? 1750 kHz (?)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10, 11, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m 6m
Modulations - CW   AM  
RF-output ? 10 W 5

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains Mains
Current RX 60W ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 1950 and 195x in USA Between 1960 and 196x in USA by DeWald Radio in Long Island, NY
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
324 × 178 × 197 mm
(12.76 × 7.01 × 7.76 in)
?
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 7.26 kg (16.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000075 LAFAYETTE-HE-000035