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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? Standard TCXO: below 30 MHz +/- 20 Hz, above 30 MHz +/- 0.5ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 0.001 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 20 m 10-80 m + WARC 2MHz - 3.0 GHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ? SSB, 10 db S/N: 3 kHz@-117dBm
AM (50% mod), 10 db S/N: 6.0 kHz@-108dBm
FM-N @ 6 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 15 kHz@-107dBm
FM-W @ 10-20 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 30-50 kHz@-102dBm
FM-W @ 75kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 200 kHz@-96dBm
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ? Selection is mode independent. Approx. 50 filter bandwidths with 8-10 chosen appropriately for each of the 5 modes. Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. (6 to 60 dB).

Examples, useful for: CW-100,150,200,250,300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 Hz SSB-1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.4 kHz AM- 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.6, 10.4, 12.0, 13.6, 15.2,16kHz WFM-100,120,140,150,160,180, 200, 250, 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ? ?
IF-freqs. 6.14 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB typical 2-3000 MHz
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ? Line + Headphones

Transmitter

TX-range 20 m 10-80 m + WARC -
Modulations - - -
RF-output 3W 5-50 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 90-264 VAC, 48-440 Hz; optional 11-28V DC power supply
Current RX 35-80mA ? 36W
TX 800mA ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 20xx Between 1983 and 198x Between 2009 and in USA
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
? 190 × 89 × 432 mm
(7.48 × 3.50 × 17.01 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) ? 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital readout ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001320 TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II TEN-TEC-RX-000400