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Base Station Marine Receiver
HF Receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 0.15-0.5 MHz + 23 additional
500 KHz ranges between 0.5-30 MHz
144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? High: 3-5 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 W

Connections

Antenna - Hi-Z BNC
Impedance 50/200Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 12V DC or mains 5.5-16V DC
Current RX ? Max 210 mA @ 12 VDC (with dial lamps turned off) Max 140 mA
TX - - Max 1.2 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 1983 and 19xx
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
274 × 140 × 324 mm
(10.79 × 5.51 × 12.76 in)
65 × 117 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 4.61 × 1.38 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 495 gr (1.1 lbs) with BP-3
Form factor Base Station Unknown Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 DRAKE-SPR-000004 ICOM-IC-000002E