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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  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 0.1-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM  
Sensitivity SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB SN) 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 >80 dB > 60 dB ?
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM  
RF-output 0-5 W 20-100 W 5-25 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 750 mA max 1.5 A ?
TX 3 A max 20 A max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 198x and 198x in USA Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 198x and 19xx
Dimensions 248 × 95 × 318 mm
(9.76 × 3.74 × 12.52 in)
273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
160 × 60 × 260 mm
(6.30 × 2.36 × 10.24 in)
Weight 4 gr (0.1 oz) 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 Full QSK. PBT. NB. VOX ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-II-000535 TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 KENWOOD-TR-007625