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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m - 0.01-3000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   - AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV ? AM (10 dB S/N, BW: 6 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.5 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.56 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.36 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 15 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.56 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.28 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.32 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.22 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, BW: 220 kHz)
90-150 MHz: 1.12 µV
400-700 MHz: 1.25 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.9 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N, BW: 3 kHz)
10-20 MHz: 0.25 µV
90-150 MHz: 0.2 µV
400-700 MHz: 0.23 µV
1600-2600 MHz: 0.14 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
? 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 & 220 kHz (500 Hz optional)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ? 1st: 622 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.7 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna Proprietary - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains Mains 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? - 1 A
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 1968 and 19xx in Japan Between 199x and 2008 in Japan
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
? 217 × 100 × 260 mm
(8.54 × 3.94 × 10.24 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 2 channels in bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s)
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)
? AFC and NB
Alpha tags
EEPROM storage
Five VFO's
Clock and sleep timer
10.7 MHz IF output
Discriminator output
RS232C
Accessories ? ? 4-way external antenna switch
Tape recording cable
CTCSS unit
25-1300 MHz discone antenna
12 V cable
Voice inverter unit
30 kHz to 2 GHz ultra wideband antenna
Collins 2.5 kHz mechanical SSB filter
Collins 6 kHz mechanical AM filter
Collins 500 Hz mechanical CW filter
RS232C cable, 25 pin
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C STAR-ST-000200 AOR-AR-005000A