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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 6m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-30 MHz 50-54 / 136-174 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW) 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne, 5 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
3rd: 14.5 KHz
9 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 / 144-148 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 1-20/1-20 W 10-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ? 12-14V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 400 mA (no signal) ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1950 and 1957 in USA Between 2000 and 200x Between 1981 and 1987 in USA
Dimensions 280 × 178 × 178 mm
(11.02 × 7.01 × 7.01 in)
216 × 70 × 222 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 8.74 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight ? ? ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile 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 ? CTCSS encoder. IF-DSP with 35 built-in filters. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-SW-000054 TEN-TEC-000526-(6N2) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525)