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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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
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)
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
RF-output 5-50 W 20-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 1988 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions ? 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
Weight ? 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562