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General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 15 / 25 / 30 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 143.5-149 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Better than .5 µV for 20 dB quieting
Squelch: Less than .4 µV
SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity More than +/- 7.5 kHz at -6 dB
Less than +/- 15 kHz at -60 dB
35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double Conversion SuperHeterodyne ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 9 MHz
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output 325 mW at 8 ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 143.5-149 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 2.5 W, Low: 0.3 W 1-20 W 10-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8.4 V DC NiCd 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 25-180 mA ? ?
TX 750-375 mA Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1981 and 1987 in USA
Dimensions 169 × 66 × 41 mm
(6.65 × 2.60 × 1.61 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 496 gr (1.1 lbs) with battery pack 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Memory Lock out
Selectable Skip (stop 2 sec before resuming scan) or Hold (stop and hold) on busy frequency
Modifiable Band Scan
Selectable Power Level (300mW / 2.5 W)
Quick-Release Battery Pack
Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-002591 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525)