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Base Station Marine Receiver
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General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO module
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands 49-54 / 144-148 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? CW: 500 Hz SSB: 2.4 kHz
Receiver system Double/triple conversion superheterodyne TX: 4 × XTAL channels or external VFO RX: VFO 16 tubes. ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 49-54 / 144-148 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations - AM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 8 W 1-20 W

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239
Impedance 50/200Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 24V DC or mains Mains 12.5-14.5 V DC
Current RX ? ? 500 mA
TX - ? 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx in USA Between 1958 and 195x in USA Between 201x and 20xx in China
Dimensions 480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
? 120 × 45 × 180 mm
(4.72 × 1.77 × 7.09 in)
Weight 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs) ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories None 4 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? AGC
Noise blanker
S-meter
PO-meter
SWR-meter
CW-keyer
USB control port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-RR-000003 HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000034AC XIEGU-X000108G