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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile HF transceiver
Kompact Kilowatt

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability Less than 200 Hz per 8 hour at 0-40 °C and ±10% variation in line voltage after 0.5 hour warmup ±0.3 p.p.m. from –30°C to +60°C ?
Tuning steps 10 / 1 MHz / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 0.250-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   RTTY   SSB   -
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
SSB: -125 dBm (0.12 µV) ?
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
>65 dB at -1 kHz at -1 kHz +4 kHz SCF (USB) ?
Filters 6 / 2.4 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz Optional filters available 500 Hz, 2.4 kHz, 2.75 kHz, 3 kHz (software defined) ?
Receiver system Double / triple conversion SDR Processing Architecture ?
IF-freqs. Output: 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ≥ 60 dB below 10 MHz ≥ 50 dB above 10 MHz >90 dB ?
Audio output 2 W @ 5% THD 4.0 W into 4 Ω (external H-250 interface) 0.5 W into 8 Ω (handset) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.6-30 MHz 10-80m
Modulations - SSB   SSB  
RF-output ? 150 W PEP — user programmable Hi, Med, Lo 1 kW PEP

Connections

Antenna SO-239 N-type SO-239
Impedance 1000 / 50Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 120 / 240 V AC ± 10% single fase 50~420 Hz 10 V to 35 V DC Mains
Current RX 35 W 650 mA ?
TX - 12 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 19xx Between 201x and 20xx in Australia Between 1965 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 340 × 140 × 380 mm
(13.39 × 5.51 × 14.96 in)
220 × 66 × 190 mm
(8.66 × 2.60 × 7.48 in)
310 × 80 × 254 mm
(12.20 × 3.15 × 10.00 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 3.10 kg (6.8 lbs) RF-unit + handset 3.20 kg (7.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1000 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
Up to 500 contact list entries
IP67 / MIL-STD-810G
GPS
Data + voice encryption
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-DSR-000002 CODAN-SENTRY-H HEATHKIT-HA-000014