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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Channelized 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 26.965-27.255 MHz (26.965-27.405 MHz) 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-782 / 791-799 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (except cellular)
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity ? ? AM 25-27.995 MHz:
4 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-50 dB)

All other bands and modulations:
7 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-50 dB)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple conversion (PLL)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.255 MHz (26.965-27.405 MHz) -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? 3.5 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains ? 4×AA or USB 5 V DC
Current RX 60W ? 120 mA typical
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1967 and 19xx in USA Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2011 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
? 67 × 135 × 28 mm
(2.64 × 5.31 × 1.10 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ? 210 gr (7.4 oz)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories None 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? AM USB interface
Trunk Tracking (Motorola, EF Johnson, EDACS)
CTCSS / DCS
SAME Wx alerts
Spectrum sweeper
2 GB MicroSD memory card (preloaded)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004B HY-GAIN-III-(002703) GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000800