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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz - 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz HF 50 kHz - 60 MHz
Modulations AM   USB   LSB   ISB   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Selectivity ? ? Software defined
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double / triple conversion ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 55 dB
Audio output 2 W ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - HF -
Modulations - SSB   -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains (120/240 V AC) ? 11-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA max
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1971 and 19xx Between 196x and 197x Between 2005 and 201x in Italy
Dimensions 330 × 140 × 290 mm
(12.99 × 5.51 × 11.42 in)
? 200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Commercial / Land mobile communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Nixie tube display
BFO
Noise blanker
? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-DSR-000001 BRAZAM-EDT-000303 ELAD-FDM-000077