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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Mobile dual-band transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps Continuous ? 12.5 / 20 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m 0.5-30 MHz 118-174 / 220-260 / 350-390 / 400-490 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
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)
FM: 0.18 µV
N-FM: 0.22 µV
Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? >2W@5%

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? 1-20 W VHF: 50/25/10/5 W, UHF: 35/25/10/5 W

Connections

Antenna BNC + Clamps / screws SO-239 -
Impedance ? 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 0.8 A
TX - Max 6 A 10 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1955 and 19xx in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 2013 and 20xx in Taiwan
Dimensions 432 × 266 × 381 mm
(17.01 × 10.47 × 15.00 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
140 × 40 × 212 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 8.35 in)
Weight 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories None 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 758 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. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000075A-4 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) ADI-AM-000580