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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ±0.5 ppm from -10°C to +50°C after 15 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 14 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? 14-150 kHz
A1: 10 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)

0.15-30 MHz
A1: ≤ 1 µV (B = ± 50 Hz, (S+N)/N = 10 dB)
A3J: ≤ 3 µV (B = 2,7 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
A3: ≤ 15 µV (B = ± 3 kHz, (S+N)/N = 20 dB)
Selectivity ? ? 50 / 250 / 700 / 1500 / 2700 / 3000 / 3400 or 6000 Hz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 80 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz -
Modulations - AM   FM   -
RF-output ? 2 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x Between 1975 and 19xx in East Germany
Dimensions ? 70 × 200 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 7.87 × 1.73 in)
?
Weight ? 890 gr (2.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories None 24 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 ZODIAC-P-007000 RFT-EKD-000100