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HF Transceiver
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
1 kW Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 28-29.699 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
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)
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Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 28-29.699 MHz 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   SSB   All mode   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output 1-20 W AM/FM: 4 W, SSB: 6 W 1 kW @ 50 W input

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 9-13.2V DC Mains, internal PSU, 200-260 V AC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX Max 6 A ? 13 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
65 × 37 × 167 mm
(2.56 × 1.46 × 6.57 in)
425 × 459 × 173 mm
(16.73 × 18.07 × 6.81 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 500 gr (1.1 lbs) 19.80 kg (43.7 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Handheld 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 Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ? Interfaces: RS-232, CI-V, USB
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) DRAGON-SS-000201 HILBERLING-HPA-008000B-54