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Headless Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Standard TCXO: below 30 MHz +/- 20 Hz, above 30 MHz +/- 0.5ppm +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz 0.001 kHz 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 2MHz - 3.0 GHz 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations All mode   All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
SSB, 10 db S/N: 3 kHz@-117dBm
AM (50% mod), 10 db S/N: 6.0 kHz@-108dBm
FM-N @ 6 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 15 kHz@-107dBm
FM-W @ 10-20 kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 30-50 kHz@-102dBm
FM-W @ 75kHz dev, 16 dB SINAD: 200 kHz@-96dBm
Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? Selection is mode independent. Approx. 50 filter bandwidths with 8-10 chosen appropriately for each of the 5 modes. Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. (6 to 60 dB).

Examples, useful for: CW-100,150,200,250,300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 Hz SSB-1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 3.0, 3.4 kHz AM- 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.6, 10.4, 12.0, 13.6, 15.2,16kHz WFM-100,120,140,150,160,180, 200, 250, 300 kHz
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Filters 5 selectable from 34 built in ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system Digital Signal Processing ? DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection > 60 dB 80 dB typical 2-3000 MHz 74 dB typical
Audio output 1 Watts at 4 Ohms Line + Headphones 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations - - AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? ? 1 - 10 W

Connections

Antenna RCA (Tulip) SMA SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains 90-264 VAC, 48-440 Hz; optional 11-28V DC power supply 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? 36W 550 mA
TX - - 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 2009 and in USA Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions 159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
190 × 89 × 432 mm
(7.48 × 3.50 × 17.01 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) 4.65 kg (10.3 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
? Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) TEN-TEC-RX-000400 TEN-TEC-000539