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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station Marine Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 15/20/40/80 m 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 3-6 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) ? ?
Selectivity SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double/triple conversion superheterodyne 6 tubes
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
?
Image rejection >50 dB ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15/20/40/80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 50 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50/200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 24V DC or mains ?
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA
Dimensions 330 × 150 × 330 mm
(12.99 × 5.91 × 12.99 in)
480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
?
Weight 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Military communication
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN BANDO-TECHNIC-000004S DRAKE-RR-000003 MILITARY-BC-000454