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Base Station Marine Receiver
Monitoring Scope
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 3.5-54 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 60 mV / 1/4" deflection (horizontal and vertical) < 0.5 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - ? 10-80 m
Modulations - All mode   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 300 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/200Ω 50Ω 40/100Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (120-240 V AC) Mains
Current RX ? 25 W ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1974 and 197x in USA Between 196x and 19xx in USA, (By Galaxy Electronics, Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
? ?
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 Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 HEATHKIT-SB-000614 GALAXY-V