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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 25 MHz - 3 GHz VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity ? 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
0.2 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
12.5 / 25 kHz
Filters ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) 500mW @ <5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC - VHF: 136-174 or 245-250 or 216-280 or 225-226 MHz
UHF: 350-390 or 400-470 or 400-480 or 420-520 or 403-470 MHz
(range depending on version and region)
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output 5-50 W ? VHF: 1W/5W, UHF: 1W/4W

Connections

Antenna - BNC SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12 - 16V DC 7.4 V DC
Current RX ? 500 mA ?
TX ? - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 200x and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? 203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
57 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.24 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 214 gr (7.6 oz) with antenna and battery
Form factor Base Station Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 199 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
1750 Hz
VOX
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF encoder / decoder
Flashlight
ANI (Caller ID)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II AOR-SR-002200 WOUXUN-KG-000816