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HF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? 10MHz reference intern: < ± 1,5 p.p.m., -10° - +55°C Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 10 kHz - 3.6 GHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   W-FM Stereo   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
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)
2-30MHz
SSB 0,4µV, 10dB S/N, BW 2,4kHz
AM 1,3µV, 10dB S/N, BW 6,0kHz

>30MHz
SSB 0,3µV, 10dB S/N, BW 2,4kHz
FM 0,4µV 12dB SINAD, BW 15kHz
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
? AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? 2.4 / 4 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 110 / 220 kHz 500 kHz optional ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? 1,0 watt at 8 Ohm – 1% THD 2.5 W

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12 V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX ? 25 W 90 VA
TX Max 6 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
? 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. Video modulator
RS-232C and USB
External 10 MHz reference input
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) BOGER-BO-003500 EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II