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Headless Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz ? 1 / 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-30 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz 0.5-30 / 50-54 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   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: 0.5 µV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD
AM: 1.3 µV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
FM: 2.2 µV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD
all with preamp off
Selectivity ? ? SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz
AM: 6 kHz
FM: 12 kHz
Filters 5 selectable from 34 built in 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) Optional 300, 600, 1k, 1.8k, 6k, 15k
Receiver system Digital Signal Processing ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion + DSP
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 9.0015 MHz
2nd: 22.5 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection > 60 dB ? 1st IF: >90dB/HF bands,>70dB/6M 2nd IF: >73dB
Audio output 1 Watts at 4 Ohms ? 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m + WARC + 6 m
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output ? 100 W 5-100 W (100% duty cycle)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX ? ? 1.25 A
TX - ? 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 199x Between 2010 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
? 216 × 74 × 311 mm
(8.50 × 2.91 × 12.24 in)
Weight 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) ? 3.30 kg (7.3 lbs) with all options
Form factor Headless Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
IF-DSP
CTCSS
USB-connector
Color display
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) TEN-TEC-EAGLE-(000599AT)