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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Power Supply with clock/timer

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  40m  None 
Freq. stability ? ? -
Tuning steps ? ? -

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 7-7.1 MHz ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   SSB   -
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV AM: 0.5 µV
FM/SSB: 0.25 µV
?
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 7-7.1 MHz ?
Modulations - AM   FM   SSB   -
RF-output ? SSB/FM: 50 W, AM: 20 W ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239 -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - Mains

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains in / 13.8 V DC out
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? 3.2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
300 × 85 × 240 mm
(11.81 × 3.35 × 9.45 in)
180 × 100 × 240 mm
(7.09 × 3.94 × 9.45 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 3.40 kg (7.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C DRAGON-SS-000797 KENWOOD-PS-000005