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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 0.005-30 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity < 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 57 bandwidths selectable from 0.1 kHz to 16 kHz.
Shape factor 1.5:1 or better. 6 to 60 dB.
?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz)
Receiver system Digital signal processing ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection 90 dB typical, 80 dB minimum ?
Audio output Two 600 ohm (one for each sideband in ISB) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 90 - 264 VAC, 48-440 Hz, 30 Watts 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions 482 × 133 × 317 mm
(18.98 × 5.24 × 12.48 in)
?
Weight 5.67 kg (12.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features PBT
DSP
Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-RX-000340 TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586)