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Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 100 kHz - 30 MHz 136-174 MHz
430-470 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 MHz
430-470 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM  
RF-output 10-100 W 100 W 1/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 199x and 199x Between 19xx and 20xx
Dimensions 241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
? 57 × 130 × 30 mm
(2.24 × 5.12 × 1.18 in)
Weight ? ? 404 gr (14.3 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 20 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features ? Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
DTMF/CTCSS (PL)/DPL/CSQ
SmarTrunk II option
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) MOTOROLA-GP-000068