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HF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   USB   LSB  
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)
2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
2.4 kHz
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1-20 W 85-100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC
Current RX ? 850 mA
TX Max 6 A 18.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 6.57 kg (14.5 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. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-OMNI-C