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Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.55-30 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
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)
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Selectivity ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
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Filters ? ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz)
Receiver system ? ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
RF-output ? 1-20 W 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1938 and 1940 in USA Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 199x
Dimensions ? 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
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Weight ? 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 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. Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000044 TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586)