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Mobile Shortwave receiver
Mobile Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 80 m 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations AM   SSB   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity AM: 2.5 µV (10 dB SNR @ 30% modulation
SSB/CW: 0.5 µV (10 dB SNR)
0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N SSB: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
Selectivity 4 kHz (-6 dB) 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
Filters ? ? Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Double conversion + DSP
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
11 MHz 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? ? 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB
Audio output ? 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 80 m 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? 3W 5-100 W (100% duty cycle)

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-15V DC 12-14V DC 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 250 mA (no signal) 35-80mA 1.25 A
TX - 800mA 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 19xx and 20xx Between 2010 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions ? 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
Weight ? 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001254 TEN-TEC-001380 TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599)