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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Dual-band VHF/UHF transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  1.25m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? Continuous 25 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 24 / 28 / 50 MHz 136-174 / 245-246 or 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ≤ 0.25 / 0.28μV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheteodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Internal speaker ≤ 0.5W

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 24 / 28 / 50 MHz 136-174 / 245-246 or 400-480 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 3 W 100 W 4-5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 7.2 V DC (2000 mAh Li-ion)
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1980 and 198x Between 199x and 199x in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in China
Dimensions ? ? 117 × 57 × 34 mm
(4.61 × 2.24 × 1.34 in)
Weight ? ? 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? None 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-(000515) YAESU-FT-000650 QUANSHENG-TG-000620