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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz 10-80 m (Plug-in modules)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) ?
Selectivity ? 34 built-in filters with various characteristics ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m (Plug-in modules)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output 3 W 100 W 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? Max 1 A ?
TX ? Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 1994 and 19xx
Dimensions ? 130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
?
Weight ? 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PC-controlled. IF-DSP. Built-in keye
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000515) TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) TEN-TEC-SCOUT-(000555)