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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop 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 ? ? ± 90 Hz (at 25° C. for one year)
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 20 m 15, 40 & 80 m 0.1-30 MHz
Modulations - CW   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N ? <.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N) SSB @ 3 kHz
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ? 34 bandwidths selectable from 0.3 kHz to 8 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 6.14 MHz ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 12 kHz
Image rejection ? ? >60 dB typical
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ? 1 watt 4 Ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 20 m 15, 40 & 80 m -
Modulations - - -
RF-output 3W 2 W -

Connections

Antenna SO-239 RCA (Tulip) SO-239 + Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50/450Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX 35-80mA 20 mA 1.5 A
TX 800mA 200 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 20xx Between 19xx and 19xx in USA Between 2001 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
260 × 11 × 160 mm
(10.24 × 0.43 × 6.30 in)
308 × 127 × 330 mm
(12.13 × 5.00 × 12.99 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) ? 5.45 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 1024 channels in 8 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001320 TEN-TEC-PM-000002 TEN-TEC-RX-000350