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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m 430-440 MHz 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
Selectivity 2.5 kHz (6dB) / 8.1 kHz (60dB) ? AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB
Audio output Jensen speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz -
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? High: 10 W, Low: 1 W ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - Max 3.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1957 and 1959 Between 198x and 19xx Between 1984 and 1996
Dimensions 171 × 279 × 381 mm
(6.73 × 10.98 × 15.00 in)
170 × 64 × 218 mm
(6.69 × 2.52 × 8.58 in)
286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
Weight 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 2.60 kg (5.7 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 4 channels in 1 bank(s) 32 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features One optional band Dual VFO's. Scanning PBT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000001-A ICOM-IC-000490A ICOM-IC-R000071E