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Desktop Shortwave receiver
VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  ?
Freq. stability < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 144-148 MHz 0.525-1.61 / 3.2-30 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   FM   AM   W-FM   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 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120 VAC) 12V DC Mains or 9V DC (6LR20 / D)
Current RX 40W ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 1978 and 1979 in Japan
Dimensions 305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
? 381 × 246 × 120 mm
(15.00 × 9.69 × 4.72 in)
Weight 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) ? 3.90 kg (8.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Unknown

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-000002-B KDK-FM-000144-10SX-RII NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RF-002800