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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Manpack / Mobile HF transceiver
VHF Lineair Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability Less than 200 Hz per 8 hour at 0-40 °C and ±10% variation in line voltage after 0.5 hour warmup ±0.5 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C ?
Tuning steps 10 / 1 MHz / 100 kHz 10 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.250-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   -
Sensitivity 0.01-0.5 MHz
< 4 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz SSB
< 25 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz AM
0.5-30 MHz
< 0.3 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz SSB
< 2.0 µV for 10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz AM
0.14 µV for 10 dB SINAD ?
Selectivity 6 kHz @ -6 dB, 11.5 kHz @ -60 dB
2.4 kHz @ -6 dB, 4.3 kHz @ -60 dB
1.2 kHz @ -6 dB, 2.4 kHz @ -60 dB
0.3 kHz @ -6 dB, 0.6 kHz @ -60 dB
? ?
Filters 6 / 2.4 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz Optional filters available 300 to 2700 Hz (standard filter), 300 to 3000 Hz (optional 2.7 kHz BW filter) ?
Receiver system Double / triple conversion Superheterodyne / SDR Processing Architecture ?
IF-freqs. Output: 50 kHz 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ≥ 60 dB below 10 MHz ≥ 50 dB above 10 MHz >85 dB ?
Audio output 2 W @ 5% THD Waterproof internal speaker; 0.5 W into 8 Ω, 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 143-149 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   AFSK   All mode  
RF-output ? 25 W PEP (High)/5 W PEP (Low) selectable 10 W @ 1.5 W input

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Built-in telescopic + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 1000 / 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 120 / 240 V AC ± 10% single fase 50~420 Hz 12 V DC (10.8 to 15 V operational) 12-16 V DC
Current RX 35 W 120 mA ?
TX - 12 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 1974 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 340 × 140 × 380 mm
(13.39 × 5.51 × 14.96 in)
245 × 600 × 92 mm
(9.65 × 23.62 × 3.62 in)
95 × 70 × 130 mm
(3.74 × 2.76 × 5.12 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) With 8 Ah NiMH battery 500 gr (1.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 600 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
AVC (Automatic Volume Control
MIL-STD-810F
Data + voice encryption
USB (full opto-isolation) or RS232
Internal antenna tuner
GPS
Digital voice
Encrypted voice + data
Optional frequency hopping
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-DSR-000002 CODAN-002110M HEATHKIT-HA-000201