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HF Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup ±1 ppm (0-50°C)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range ? 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 0.005-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
< 0.14 µV CW .5-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N) Typical. Preamp on.
< 0.25 µV LSB/USB/ISB
< 0.56 µV AM
< 0.90 µV FM
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ?
Receiver system ? ? Digital signal processing
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum
Audio output ? ? Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB)

Transmitter

TX-range ? 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output 100 W 85-100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 12-14V DC 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts
Current RX ? 850 mA ?
TX ? 18.5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2000 and 200x in USA
Dimensions ? 362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
Weight ? 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? PBT
DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-DELTA-II TEN-TEC-OMNI-C TEN-TEC-RX-000340