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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 100 / 10 / 1 / 0.1 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 26-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
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)
Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection >50 dB 80 dB
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 26-30 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output High: 100 W (25 W AM), Low: 20 W (5 W AM) 1-20 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11-16V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ?
TX Max 20 A Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 156 × 61 × 290 mm
(6.14 × 2.40 × 11.42 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ?
MPN SOMMERKAMP-TS-000788DX TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)