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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Base Station Marine Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ± 1 kHz first hour, 150 Hz thereafter ?
Tuning steps Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.01-30 MHz 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   RTTY   SSTV   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: < 0.2µV
AM: < 1.2µV
(10 dB S+ N/N, 1.8-30 MHz)
?
Selectivity @ -6dB @ -60dB
9.0 kHz < 10.0 kHz
2.3 kHz < 4.1 kHz
.5 kHz < 1.5 kHz
?
Filters 9, 2.3 and 0.5 kHz ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Double/triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48.050 MHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
3rd: 50 kHz
1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
Image rejection > 80 dB ?
Audio output 2.5 Watts, 4 Ohms, < 10% distortion Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) -
Impedance 50Ω 50/200Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains / 11-16 V DC (13.8V DC nominal) 24V DC or mains
Current RX 3 A (60 W) ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1981 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 330 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.99 in)
480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
Weight 8.34 kg (18.4 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R000007A DRAKE-RR-000003