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HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 50-52 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM  
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)
Less then 1 mV for 10 dB S/N
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
±3kHz at 6dB down, less then ±12kHz at 50dB down
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 5745 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB ?
Audio output ? 4 W @ 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 50-52 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM  
RF-output 1-20 W 10

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC or mains (160 W max)
Current RX ? ?
TX Max 6 A 14 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
308 × 130 × 235 mm
(12.13 × 5.12 × 9.25 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) LAFAYETTE-HA-000460