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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m + WARC
Modulations 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 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output 1-20 W 5-50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured 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 Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Digital readout
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II