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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 160-10 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity AM / SSB: < 0,25 µV 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity (-6/-60 dB)
SSB: 2,4/4,2 kHz
AM: 8/28 kHz
optional CW: 0,25/0,6 0,5/1 1,5/3,0 kHz
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 1.2 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter installed
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 dB) with optional AM filter installed
FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 5,645 / 5,695 MHz, 50 kHz ?
Image rejection ? 15-160 m: better than 60 dB 10-12 m: better than 50 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? SSB/CW: 100 W, AM/FM/FSK: 80 W

Connections

Antenna Proprietary SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX ? 1.1 A with heater off, 5 A with heater on
TX - Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1973 and 197x in USA Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 273 × 140 × 297 mm
(10.75 × 5.51 × 11.69 in)
342 × 154 × 324 mm
(13.46 × 6.06 × 12.76 in)
Weight 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs) 18.00 kg (39.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RF-Gain
AGC 3x
PBT in SSB mode
Notch
Noise Blanker (optional)
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Accessories ? ?
MPN DRAKE-R-000004C YAESU-FT-000902DM