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Desktop Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 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)
Modulations CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
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)
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz
Filters ? 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz
Receiver system Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. 9 MHz 9 MHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 1987 in USA Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 241 × 101 × 305 mm
(9.49 × 3.98 × 12.01 in)
362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
Weight ? 6.57 kg (14.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGOSY-(000525) TEN-TEC-OMNI-C