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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
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)
Selectivity ? ? 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 19 tubes, 12DQ6B finals ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   SSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK  
RF-output SSB: 150 W (PEP input), CW: 125 W (input) High: 5/5 W, Medium: 0.5/0.5 W, Low: 15/15 mW 1-20 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU (Mains or 12V DC option) 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.6-16V DC external 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX ? ? Max 6 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 1961 and 1963 in USA Between 1995 and 199x Between 2003 and 200x in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165.1 × 330.2 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 13.00 in)
57 × 125 × 36 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.42 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
Weight 7.94 kg (17.5 lbs) 380 gr (13.4 oz) with BP-171 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Unknown

Other features

Memories ? 109 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Clock. Detachable speaker/mike. Twin RX Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000150 ICOM-IC-Z000001E TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516)