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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Base Station CB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.005%
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.855 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 6-7 kHz @ -6 dB / 10 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.695 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 26.965-27.255 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM  
RF-output ? ? 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 ? Mains
Current RX ? ? 70 mA
TX - ? 80 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1984 and 1987 Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions ? 75 × 200 × 49 mm
(2.95 × 7.87 × 1.93 in)
343 × 120 × 292 mm
(13.50 × 4.72 × 11.50 in)
Weight ? 565 gr (1.2 lbs) 4.53 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 ZODIAC-P-002104 PRESIDENT-KP-000077