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Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 30-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   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)
0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 9 MHz
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 1-20 W 10-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1981 and 1987 in USA
Dimensions ? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? 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 ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN 20-302 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525)