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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range ?-? MHz - 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 13 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.32 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
SSB/CW/RTTY (10 dB S/N)
1.8-30 MHz: 0.16 µV (Pre-amp 1 on)
50-54 MHz: 0.13 µV (Pre-amp 2 on)
Selectivity ? ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/RTTY (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <2.8 kHz (-60 dB)
CW (BW=500 H
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 64.455 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
3rd: 36 KHz
Image rejection ? ? >70 dB
Audio output ? 100 watts at 300-3000 cycle (Adjustable low-level speech clipping; 500 ohm output available) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC/50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? AM: 150 W, SSB/CW: 180 W 5-100/5-100 W (AM: 5-40 W)

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50/500Ω 50-72Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX ? - Max 3.5 A
TX - 500 W peak Max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1959 and 196x in USA Between 2000 and 2001 in Japan
Dimensions 482 × 178 × 279 mm
(18.98 × 7.01 × 10.98 in)
495 × 295 × 406 mm
(19.49 × 11.61 × 15.98 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight ? ? 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? IF-DSP. Built-in auto-AT (HF: 16.7-150 ohms / 6 m: 20-125 ohms) Built-in keyer and RTTY demodulator. Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000001B HEATHKIT-TX-000001-'APACHE' ICOM-IC-000756-PRO