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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up
Tuning steps ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.2-30 MHz in four bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   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)
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
±3 kHz (-6 dB), ±7 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 54.6-55.5 MHz
2nd: 2.1-3 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 2W @ 8 Ohms

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains + battery option
Current RX ? ?
TX Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) YAESU-FRG-000007