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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld Transceiver
QRP HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 11m (CB)  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Channelized 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz 30 kHz - 54 MHz
Modulations AM   SSB   USB   ISB   - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV 10 dB
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double / triple conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 12 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (FM-only)
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 2 W ? internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 26.965-27.405 MHz 80-6 m
Modulations - - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 4 W 3-15 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SO-239
Impedance 50/500Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120/240 V AC) ? 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? 700 mA
TX - ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2014 and 20xx in China
Dimensions 330 × 140 × 380 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 14.96 in)
180 × 56 × 211 mm
(7.09 × 2.20 × 8.31 in)
?
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories ? 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Citizen Band (27Mc) Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
FM ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-MSR-000001 MIDLAND/ALAN-000058E CHINESE-KN-000850