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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Dual band FM Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 100 kHz - 30 MHz 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   DMR  
Sensitivity ? Analogue 12dB SINAD: 0.35 μV 0.22 μV typical
Digital: 5% BER: 0.3 μV
Selectivity ? TIA603: 60 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 70 dB @ 25 kHz
TIA603C: 45 dB @ 12.5 kHz, 70 dB @ 25 kHz
Filters 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? 70 dB
Audio output ? 500 mW @ 3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 134-174 / 403-470 / 450-512 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   FM   DMR  
RF-output 100 W VHF: 1/5 W, UHF: 1/4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 7.2 V DC (1300 or 2200 mAh Li-Ion)
Current RX ? ?
TX ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2012 and 201x
Dimensions ? 131.5 × 63.5 × 36.2 mm
(5.18 × 2.50 × 1.43 in)
Weight ? 430 gr (15.2 oz) with FNB-V117 battery
Form factor Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 62 channels in 1 bank(s) 512 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage 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
IP 57
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) VERTEX-STANDARD-VXD-000300