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Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < 100 Hz @ 10.5 to 14 VDC
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 30 m 10-80m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N < 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) 2.4 kHz at 6 dB down; 1.7:1 shape factor at 6/50 dB
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ?
IF-freqs. 14.32 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. 1 W @ 8 ohms, < 2% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 30 m 10-80m
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 3W 3W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12 V DC
Current RX 35-80mA 150 mA max
TX 800mA 1 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 20xx Between 1973 and 19xx
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
330 × 115 × 180 mm
(12.99 × 4.53 × 7.09 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001330 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000509)