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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Compact QRP | 10 W
Desktop LF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? Better that 200 Hz/hour after warm-up
Tuning steps Continuous Analogue (1 kHz readout) ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 80-10 m 10-600 kHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 5 µV for 15 dB S/N
Selectivity ? ? 120 Hz @ -6 dB
400 Hz @ -30 dB
Filters ? ? 2 independent crystal filters + 1000 Hz audio filter
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 720 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 75 dB
Audio output ? ? Requires external speaker / headphones

Transmitter

TX-range - 80-10 m -
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 10 W ?

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep - Clamps / screws
Impedance 75Ω 50Ω 75/300Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions ? ? ?
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RIT
CW filter optional
FM optional
Noise filter optional
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 SHIMIZU-DENSHI-SS-000105S EDDYSTONE-000850/4