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70 cm | UHF Transceiver | 3 W
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ±1 ppm (0-50°C)
Tuning steps 5 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m 0.005-30 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) < 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
Selectivity ? ? 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion Digital signal processing
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum
Audio output ? ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB)

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 3 W, Low: 0.3 W 10-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 8 NiCd 13.8V DC 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 2000 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 62 × 167 × 40 mm
(2.44 × 6.57 × 1.57 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
Weight 450 gr (15.9 oz) ? 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld 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 ? ? PBT
DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000740A TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-RX-000340