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HF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 5-550 / 800-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
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)
FM 0.45µV @ 12 dB SINAD
W-FM 1.0µV @ 12 dB SINAD
AM 1.0µV @ 10 dB S/N
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
?
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output 1-20 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1985 and 199x
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1984 channels in 62 bank(s) @ 36 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) AOR-AR-002500