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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 1.5-30 MHz 1.8-70 MHz 1.6-4.5 / 4.5-12 / 87.5-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 2.3 kHz (SSB) ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m 1.8-70 MHz -
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 120 W 1 kW @ 50 W input ?

Connections

Antenna - N-type Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC 4.5 V DC or 3 × UM-2 'baby'-cells
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 25 A 13 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 198x in USA Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany Between 1972 and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 346 × 116 × 317 mm
(13.62 × 4.57 × 12.48 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
180 × 210 × 65 mm
(7.09 × 8.27 × 2.56 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Portable

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN DRAKE-TR-000007 HILBERLING-HPA-008000B SONY-ICF-005500-/-CAPTAIN-55