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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 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)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output 3 W 1-20 W 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1983 and 198x
Dimensions ? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
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Weight ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown 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 ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Digital readout
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000515) TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II