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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile 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   AM   FM   SSB   USB   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 - AM   FM   SSB   USB   FM  
RF-output ? 12 W 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - 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 2008 and 20xx Between 1980 and 198x in USA
Dimensions ? 185 × 56 × 264 mm
(7.28 × 2.20 × 10.39 in)
343 × 120 × 292 mm
(13.50 × 4.72 × 11.50 in)
Weight ? ? 4.53 kg (10.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories None 400 channels in 1 bank(s) 22 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features ? ASC ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 PRESIDENT-JACKSON-II PRESIDENT-KP-000077