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Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ? 2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz depending on band

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 1240-1300 MHz 30-54 / 118-136 / 138-174 / 380-512 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? 30-54 mhzL 0.5 µV
118-136 MHz: 2.0 µV
138-174 MHz: 1.0 µV
380-215 MHz: 1.0 µV
Selectivity ? ? 9 kHz @ -6 dB, 15 kHz @ -50 dB
Filters ? ? 1 crystal, 1 ceramic
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? 10.7 MHz / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output Internal speaker ? 1.2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 1240-1300 MHz -
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 1-10 W -

Connections

Antenna - N-type Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50/200Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains 13.8V DC 12 V DC or mains
Current RX ? 1.3 A 13 W
TX - Max 7.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1987 and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
286 × 111 × 276 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 10.87 in)
250 × 60 × 180 mm
(9.84 × 2.36 × 7.09 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 7.10 kg (15.7 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ? 60 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ATV option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 ICOM-IC-001271 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-002024