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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Communications receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
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)
0.3 µV S/N 10 dB 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
SSB, 2~4 kHz @ 6db ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3 W at 4 ohms 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m -
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output 1-20 W 100 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX ? ? 750 mA
TX Max 6 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1973 and 19xx Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Noise blanker
VOX
+/- 5 kHz clarifier
Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) YAESU-FT-000201S AOR-AR-DV000001