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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 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 10-80 m + WARC 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 0.53-1650 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 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 ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 5-50 W 85-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC 4LR6 or external 12V DC
Current RX ? 850 mA ?
TX ? 18.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1995 and 199x
Dimensions ? 362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
64 × 155 × 38 mm
(2.52 × 6.10 × 1.50 in)
Weight ? 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 30 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II TEN-TEC-OMNI-C YUPITERU-MVT-007200