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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Scanner / receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 1/10/100/1000/10000 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m + WARC 0.03-30 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity ? AM
0.05-15 MHz: ~2.5 µV
15-30 MHz: ~3.5 - 4.5 µV
SSB
About three times better than AM
FM / N-FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? AM: 6 kHz
SSB: 3.8 kHz
FM: 55 dB
N-FM / DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Demodulator: AM Quasi Synchronous SSB: Product detector Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 46.35 MHz / 450khz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m + WARC - 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output 5-50 W ? 5 / 2.5 / 1 / 0.1 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? 300 mA 200-450 mA
TX ? - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1983 and 198x Between 1997 and 20xx in by R.F.Engineering Between 2011 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 180 × 58 × 170 mm
(7.09 × 2.28 × 6.69 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Digital readout Clarity control for SSB ±800Hz
RS-232 computer interface (HF-3E only)
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-II NASA-TARGET-HF000003 ICOM-ID-000031E