The Ten-Tec 539 is a 160-10 meters transceiver (except 60 and 12 meters) supporting AM/SSB/CW modulations. RF output is 1 - 10 W. Features include DSP, noise reduction, noise blanker, AGC, RIT/XIT, and two VFO displays. The radio has 1 memory bank with 100 channels. Audio output is 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm. Dimensions are 57 × 165 × 193 mm. Current drain is 550 mA in receive mode and 3 A max in transmit mode.
General characteristics
- HAM bands
- 160m 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m
- Frequency stability
- +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
- Tuning steps
- 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock
- Memories
- 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Receiver
- RX-range
- 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
- Modulations
- AM CW USB LSB FSK AFSK
- Sensitivity
- Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD - Selectivity
- ?
- Filters
- 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
- Receiver system
- DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
- IF-frequencies
- 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP) - Image rejection
- 74 dB typical
- Audio output
- 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD
Transmitter
- TX-range
- 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
- Modulations
- AM CW USB LSB FSK AFSK
- RF-output
- 1 - 10 W
Connections
- Antenna
- SO-239
- Impedance
- 50 Ω
- Other
- -
Electrical
- Power requirements
- 9.5-14 V DC
- Current drain RX
- 550 mA
- TX
- 3 A max
Physical
- Dimensions (w×h×d)
- 165 × 57 × 193 mm (6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
- Weight
- 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
- Form factor
- Mobile
- Manufactured
- Between 2011 and 20xx
Other features
- Usage
- Amateur / Ham radio operators
- Features + options
- Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays - Accessories
- -
- RigReference ID
- 5534
- MPN
- TEN-TEC-000539
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