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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Transmitter Exciter
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? Below 10 MHz: 50 Hz/MHz Above 10 MHz: 20 Hz/MHz Both after 30 minutes warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz - 0.2-0.42 / 1.1-30 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 5 µV
CM 1-2 µV
Selectivity ? ? 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 / 12.0 kHz selectable (-6 dB)
Filters 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz ? 500 Hz switchable crystal filter
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 2-32 MHz -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains Mains Mains (100-125 or 200-250 V AC) or external PSU
Current RX 2A max - 80 W
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1982 and 1985 Between 195x and 196x in USA Between 1959 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
480 × 230 × 405 mm
(18.90 × 9.06 × 15.94 in)
?
Weight ? 11.80 kg (26.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-004245 TMC-SBE-000002 EDDYSTONE-000730/7