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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld 6m Transceiver | DX Handy
HF Antenna tuner

General

HAM bands ? 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 50-50.5 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   ISB   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV (15 dB S/N) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double / triple conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-50.5 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   All mode  
RF-output ? 1 W max 5-15 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120/240 V AC) 8.4-9 V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? 70 mA 2 A
TX - 620 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 19xx Between 198x and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
66 × 142 × 39 mm
(2.60 × 5.59 × 1.54 in)
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Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 710 gr (1.6 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
RIT
NB
S/RF-meter
Built-in CW key
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-DSR-000001 AEA-MX-000006S ICOM-AH-000002