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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 / 136-174 MHz 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW) 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz
Filters ? ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
3rd: 14.5 KHz
9 MHz 9 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 / 144-148 MHz 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1-20/1-20 W 10-100 W 85-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 12-14V DC
Current RX 400 mA (no signal) ? 850 mA
TX Max 6 A ? 18.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 222 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 8.74 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
Weight ? ? 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station 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 TEN-TEC-000526-(6N2) TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-OMNI-C