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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

Current value
USD 280 ~ USD 520 (similar rigs)
USD 280 ~ USD 520 (similar rigs)
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Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 3 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.5 µV
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S+N/N)
0.1-1.6 MHz: 1 µV
1.6-30 MHz: <0.15 µV
FM (10 dB SINAD)
1.6-30 MHz: <0.3 µV
Selectivity ? AM: 2.7-6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW/RTTY: 0.5-2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW-N/RTTY-N: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
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Image rejection ? >60 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains (13.8V DC option)
Current RX ? ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1984 and 1996
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 32 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 ICOM-IC-R000071E