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Desktop Shortwave receiver
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Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 144-148 / 220-??? / 430-450 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity ? 144MHz: 0.5µV
220MHz: 0.16µV
440MHz: 0.18µV
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity 2.5 kHz (6dB) / 8.1 kHz (60dB) ? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Jensen speaker ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 / 220-??? / 430-450 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? High: 35/15/10 W, Low: 3.5/2/1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 1.1 A 90 VA
TX - 2.5-6.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1959 Between 1978 and 198x Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 171 × 279 × 381 mm
(6.73 × 10.98 × 15.00 in)
203 × 102 × 381 mm
(7.99 × 4.02 × 15.00 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features One optional band ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000001-A DRAKE-UV-000003 EDDYSTONE-000770R