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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 10-160 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.33 µV for 10 dB S+N/N at 10m (2 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity ? SSB: 2 kHz, 1.5:1 (-6 dB)
FSK: 1200 Hz, 2:1

Optional:
CW: 400 Hz, 4:1 and 300 Hz, 2:1
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output Internal speaker 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 1-150 W (130 W max above 28 MHz)

Connections

Antenna - SO-239
Impedance 50/200Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (115/230 V, 50-400 Hz)
Current RX ? 100 W
TX - 400 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1969 and 197x in USA
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
413 × 184 × 356 mm
(16.26 × 7.24 × 14.02 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 15.90 kg (35.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Dual VFO, built-in keyer and full QSK Advanced features for such an old radio.
60 dB attenuator
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 SIGNAL/ONE-CX-000007