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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? better than ±2 ppm
Tuning steps ? ? 1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10-80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
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 1 µV for S/N > 10 dB
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
SSB, 2~4 kHz @ 6db SSB: 2 kHz (-6 dB), 6 kHz (-40 dB)
AM: 10 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-55 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 3 W at 4 ohms ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m 1.6-29.999 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output 1-20 W 100 W 5/20 W (PEP)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military)
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains 24V DC (operates down to 12V DC)
Current RX ? ? 250 mA
TX Max 6 A ? 4 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1973 and 19xx Between 197x and 19xx in Great Britain
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
366 × 116 × 275 mm
(14.41 × 4.57 × 10.83 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) in basic configuration
Form factor Unknown Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Noise blanker
VOX
+/- 5 kHz clarifier
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) YAESU-FT-000201S RACAL-TRA-000931