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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
HANDHELD SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous vernier, ~18 kHz per revolution ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 10.0-10.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
10-80 m 29-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   P25  
Sensitivity From 2 µV on 160 m to 0.3 µV on 10 m (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W at 2% distortion / 4 ohms ? 250 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m
1.8-2.3 / 3.5-4.0 / 7.0-7.5 / 14.0-14.5 / 21.0 / 21.5 / 28.0-30.0 + one AUX band
10-80 m -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output 85-100 W @ 14 V DC, 100% duty cycle 50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 12-14V DC 9 V DC or batteries
Current RX 400 mA 500 mA, TX: Max 9 A ?
TX 18 A max ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1978 and 1980 in USA Between 1976 and 197x in USA Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 108 × 146 × 356 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.02 in)
342.9 × 114.3 × 330.2 mm
(13.50 × 4.50 × 13.00 in)
65 × 145 × 42 mm
(2.56 × 5.71 × 1.65 in)
Weight 6.60 kg (14.6 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 240 gr (8.5 oz) without antenna and batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 55 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VOX
XTAL-calibrator
SWR-meter
Dual speakers
? Trunking: Motorola I/II/III, EDACS, LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
USB interface
CTCSS/PL
Accessories Model 243 Remote VFO
Model 248 Noise blanker
Model 252MO AC power supply
Model 645 Electronic keyer
? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-A (000545) TEN-TEC-TRITON-I WHISTLER-WS001040