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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Base Station HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ≤ 15 Hz per °C after 30 minutes warmup ? 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity 2.0 µV on 1.8 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.3 µV on 28 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
? SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 2.4 kHz ? Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters 250 / 500 / 1800 Hz ? Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 9 MHz ? 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
Image rejection ? ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 1.8-30 MHz (amateur bands) 10-160 m 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
RF-output 85-100 W 200 W (PEP input) 20-100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - RS-232C

Electrical

Power req. 12-14V DC 12V DC 12-14 V DC
Current RX 850 mA ? 1.5 A
TX 18.5 A max ? 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 1981 and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in USA Between 1988 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 362 × 140 × 355 mm
(14.25 × 5.51 × 13.98 in)
107.95 × 146.05 × 355.6 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.00 in)
273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 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 ? ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-C TEN-TEC-OMNI-D-(000546) TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562