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Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + 30 m 0.1-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? 34 built-in filters with various characteristics 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + 30 m 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   AFSK   CW  
RF-output 25 W 100 W 30 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50/75 Ω 50 Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 12-14V DC 12V DC or mains
Current RX 500 mA max Max 1 A ?
TX 5 A max Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1984 and 19xx in USA Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 250 × 101 × 290 mm
(9.84 × 3.98 × 11.42 in)
130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
?
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PC-controlled. IF-DSP. Full QSK
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000022-(579) TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021/DIGITAL-(574)