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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ?
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
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Filters ? Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
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Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM  
RF-output 3 W 20-100 W 5-25 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - RS-232C -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 1.5 A ?
TX ? 20 A max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions ? 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
160 × 60 × 260 mm
(6.30 × 2.36 × 10.24 in)
Weight ? 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000515) TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 KENWOOD-TR-007625