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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Transceiver
4 Band QRP CW Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 3.5-27.4 MHz 10-80 m 3.2-16 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   CW   USB  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 3.5-4 / 7.0-7.3 / 10.1-10.15 / 14.0-14.35 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   CW  
RF-output ? 10-100 W 4-5 W @ 13.8 V

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1968 and 1972 in USA Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 380 × 170 × 350 mm
(14.96 × 6.69 × 13.78 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
?
Weight 8.00 kg (17.7 lbs) ? ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HEATHKIT-SB-000310 TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-R004040