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HF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 15 p.p.m. at o °C~60 °C
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 12.5 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 0.54-20 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (Australia)
140-150 MHz (USA / Asia)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   CW   FM  
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)
? ≤ 0.25 µV for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 16.9 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 80 dB ? ?
Audio output ? ? 250 mW into 8 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - 144-146 MHz (Europe)
144-148 MHz (Australia)
140-150 MHz (USA / Asia)
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   - FM  
RF-output 1-20 W ? 0.1 / 1 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 200Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Separate PSU ?
Current RX ? Max 80 W 6-170 mA
TX Max 6 A - 300-600 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1937 and 19xx Between 198x and 198x in Japan
Dimensions 216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
455 × 261 × 440 mm
(17.91 × 10.28 × 17.32 in)
61 × 148 × 33 mm
(2.40 × 5.83 × 1.30 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 14.00 kg (30.9 lbs) 340 gr (12.0 oz) with BP-22
Form factor Unknown Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) HAMMARLUND-SP-000100X ICOM-IC-000002A