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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 Hz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 10-80 m ?
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity 5.5 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 3.5-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output - 50 W SSB/CW: 1000 W, AM: 800 W (both input)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - -
Impedance 50Ω ? 50/500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains Mains
Current RX Max 400 mA ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1962 and 19xx in Great Britain Between 1958 and 196x in USA
Dimensions 276 × 111 × 194 mm
(10.87 × 4.37 × 7.64 in)
? 500 × 750 × 840 mm
(19.69 × 29.53 × 33.07 in)
Weight 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs) ? 57.00 kg (125.8 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 32 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-SW000001 K.W.-ELECTRONICS-002000 E.F.-JOHNSON-VIKING-THUNDERBOLT