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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. ?
Selectivity 5kHz (6 dB) or better ?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection 60dB ?
Audio output 1W @ 3% THD Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 10-100 W (AM 10-40 W)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) 13.8V DC
Current RX 40W Max 1.5 A
TX - Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 1992 and 199x
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
241 × 94 × 239 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 9.41 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 4.60 kg (10.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B ICOM-IC-000728