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Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 15 m 10-80 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ? SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth)
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ? 34 built-in filters with various characteristics
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? Better than 60 dB
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 15 m 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output 3W 3 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 12-14V DC
Current RX 35-80mA ? Max 1 A
TX 800mA ? Max 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1980 and 198x Between 1999 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
? 130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) ? 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? PC-controlled. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001315 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000515) TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550)