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Mobile Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 17 m 10-80 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity 0.25µV typical for 10 dB S/N 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) ≥ 0.3 mV for 20 dB SINAD
Selectivity 4 pole crystal ladder filter (1 kHz nominal bandwidth) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Single conversion superhet, JFET mixer Single conversion PLL synthesizer
IF-freqs. ? 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? 65 dB
Audio output 300 mW @ 4 ohms. Built-in 4" speaker in top of cabinet. ? 0.5 W @ 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 17 m 10-80 m 144-148 MHz
Modulations - CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output 3W 10-100 W ≥ 1.5 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + Built-in telescopic
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 13.8V DC 9.6 V DC (8 × NiCd)
Current RX 35-80mA ? 17 mA
TX 800mA ? 400 mA max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 1979 and 198x
Dimensions 152 × 70 × 152 mm
(5.98 × 2.76 × 5.98 in)
241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
62 × 165 × 40 mm
(2.44 × 6.50 × 1.57 in)
Weight 1.02 kg (2.3 lbs) ? 400 gr (14.1 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? 800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-001317 TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEMPO-SYNCOM-S000001