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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ± 10 ppm
Tuning steps Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 118-174 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? 0.133 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? FM: >6 kHz (-6 dB), <14 kHz (-60 dB)
FMN: >3 kHz (-6 dB), <9 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB (75 dB typical)
Audio output ? 2.4 W at 10% distortion with an 8 load

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (USA)
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? High: 65 W, Mid1: 25 W, Mid2: 10 W, Low: 5 W

Connections

Antenna Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 75Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? 0.8-1 A
TX - 15 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1976 and 19xx Between 2004 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions ? 140 × 40 × 146 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 5.75 in)
Weight ? 1.25 kg (2.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories None 207 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital voice/data (D-STAR) option (UT-118 (formerly UT-115)). Please note that this requires at least two similarly equiped radios. Weather channel with alert (US version only) CTCSS, DTCS and DTMF. Multi-color LCD.
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SSR-000001 ICOM-IC-002200H