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Desktop Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 10-160 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (10 dB S+N/N) 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz BW)
SSB/CW: 0.16 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz ?
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ?
Receiver system Single conversion ? ?
IF-freqs. 9 MHz 9 MHz ?
Image rejection ? ? >90 dB!
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 10-160 m
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output 10-100 W 85-100 W 0-100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14V DC 12-15V DC
Current RX ? 850 mA 2 A max
TX ? 18.5 A max 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx Between 1997 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
375 × 146 × 432 mm
(14.76 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
Weight ? 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? RS-232C. DSP
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-OMNI-C TEN-TEC-OMNI-VI-PLUS-(000564)