• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ten-Tec Inc.; Sevierville, TN

• Year
• 1971 ?

• Category
• Amateur TRX: Transmitter/Receiver (and Transceiver)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 186471

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 9000 kHz

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Powered by external power supply or a main unit. / DC 12–15 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Argonaut 509 - Ten-Tec Inc.; Sevierville, TN

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 304 x 114 x 177 mm / 12 x 4.5 x 7 inch

• Notes
• Ten-Tec Transceiver 509 "Argonaut".
  Frequenzbereiche: 80–10 m - Amateurfunkbänder; Betriebsarten: SSB (mit PTT-Betrieb) und CW (mit Voll-BK-Betrieb); P_in: 5 W PEP bei SSB, 5 W bei CW. Stromaufnahme bei Senden: max. 1,6 A.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 2.250 kg / 4 lb 15.3 oz (4.956 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,120.00 DM

• Mentioned in
• Hannes Bauer-Katalog, 1976

• Author
• Model page created by Bernd P. Kieck. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 44 models, 37 with images and 12 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ten-Tec Inc.; Sevierville, TN