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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
Communications receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 0.5 %
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 80-6 m 480-165 kHz / 1.7-4.5 / 4.5-12 / 12-32 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
1st: 2215 kHz
2nd: 230 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 3 W External speaker or headphones required

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - Clamps / screws Clamps / screws
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 70/80Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (105-125 V AC) Mains (110 / 200-220 / 230-250 V AC)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1960 and 1964 in USA Between 1950 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
400 × 222 × 228 mm
(15.75 × 8.74 × 8.98 in)
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Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features ? ? BFO
S-meter socket for Cat. No. 669
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000270 EDDYSTONE-000750