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Base Station Amateur HF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC) 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 6 / 2 m 545 kHz - 20 MHz with plug-in coils
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ? ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection 60dB ? ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 6 / 2 m -
Modulations - AM   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) ? Mains
Current RX 40W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1961 and 196x Between 1931 and 1932 in USA
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
? ?
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B POLYTRONICS-POLYCOM-000006N2 HAMMARLUND-COMET