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Eagle Model 599
This is a current production model. Please visit Ten-Tec, Inc. for more information.
Description
HF plus 6 meters transceiver along with general coverage receive. Dual VFO’s with SPLIT mode and 100 memories, passband tuning, adjustable AGC, variable CW offset, RIT, built in CTCSS tones for 6 meter FM and QSK.
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Specifications
General
Microphone Connector: 8-Pin
Headphone Jack: 1/4" Stereo, accepts mono or stereo plug.
External CW Key Jack: 1/8 " Stereo
External Speaker Jack: 1/8" Mono
Aux DC Output Connector: RCA x2
Frequency Range TX: Ham Bands Only (160-6M)
ACC Din Connector: 8 PIN DIN Connector - Line In, Line Out, Aux PTT, Ext Key, Clock/Data/Enable, Ground
DC Power Connector: Power Pole
Fuse: Automotive Blade Style Fuse, 25 Amp 32V
Frequency Range RX: 500 kHz � 30 MHz and 50 � 54MHz. Specifications apply within Amateur Radio bands only.
Tuning Step Size: 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000
Frequency Stability: Maximum +/- 0.5 PPM over operating temperature
Antenna Impedance: 50 ohms nominal.
Antenna Connectors: 1 x SO-239 transceive
Modes: USB, LSB, CW, AM (optional), FM (optional)
Memories: 100
Frequency Accuracy: +-5Hz @25C, 1 Hz tuning resolution
Supply Voltage Range: 13.8V +/-15%
Operating Temp. Range: 0-50 degrees Celsius
Dimensions (HxWxD): 2.9" x 8.5" x 10.25" (excluding knobs and connectors)
Weight: 7.25 lbs with all options
Construction: Molded plastic front panel, aluminum chassis and texture painted steel covers
PC Control Port: USB (using CCS USB to UART Driver)
Display: Custom FSTN monochrome LCD
Display Backlight: 256 colors X 16 intensity levels
Receiver
SSB Sensitivity: Better than 0.7uV, 2.4khz, 10dB SINAD, preamp off
AM Sensitivity: Better than 4uV, 30% Mod, 6kHz BW, 10dB SINAD, preamp off
FM Sensitivity: Better than 2.2uV, 5kHz Dev, 16kHz BW, 10dB SINAD, preamp off
Selectivity IF1: 2.4khz standard, 9.0015 MHz, 2 options
Selectivity IF2: 30 KHz Lowpass filter
Selectivity, DSP IF: 127 built-in DSP filters from 100-15000 Hz BW
Third Order Intercept Point (IP3): Typical 20dBm @ 20kHz tone separation/2.4 kHz roofing filter, 17dBm @ 2kHz separation/600Hz roofing filter, S5 method, preamp off
IMD3 Dynamic Range: Typical 97dB/20kHz, 95dB/2kHz, 500Hz BW, calculated 2/3(IP3-Noise Floor), preamp off
Blocking Dynamic Range: 138dB/20kHz, 127dB/2kHz, 500 Hz BW, RF gain @ 12 o'clock, preamp off
LO Phase Noise: Typical -132dBc/Hz @ 20kHz, -121dBc/Hz @ 2kHz
Noise Floor: Typical -132dBm/500Hz BW/preamp on, -126dBm preamp off
IF Frequencies: 1st:9.0015 MHz, 2nd:22.5 kHz, 3rd:0Hz (DSP)
IF Rejection: Better than 70dB
1st IF Image Rejection: Better than 90dB/HF bands, 70dB/6M
2nd IF Image Rejection: Better than 73dB
Other Spurious Response Rejection: Rejection:>80dB
Other Spurious Response Rejection: Birdies: Typically less than -100dBm equivalent (no more than 5 birdies greater than -100dBm equivalent)
Pass Band Tuning: +/- 2.1kHz, 5Hz steps. Small dead zone for centering
Attenuator: 10 db
PreAmp: Nominal 12 db
Audio Output: 2W into 4 ohms, <3% THD
RIT range: +/- 8.2 kHz
RIT Step size: 10Hz
S-Meter Reference: S9 = 50 uV RMS
TX>RX Recovery Time: < 20 ms
RX Headphone Output: Designed for 16-32 ohms impedance headphones. Usable at 8 ohms
AUX Audio Output: 500 mv
Auto Notch: IF DSP, multi-tone
RX Noise Reduction: IF DSP, adjustable
Noise Blanker: Optional daughter board, 2 levels of blanking
RX Current Drain: 1.25 Amps
General Coverage Receive: degraded specs outside ham bands
Transmitter
RF Power Output: Adjustable, 5-100 W, +/- 1 dB
CW & SSB Duty Cycle: continuous service @ 100W
AM,FM,AFSK,PSK Duty Cycle: continuous service @100W, 50% duty cycle (Tx/Rx)
CW/SSB TX Bandwidth: 2.4kHz Filter
AM TX Bandwidth: 6k
FM TX Bandwidth: 15kHz Optional Filter
Microphone Input Impedance:>10 k-ohms at 1 kHz
Microphone Sensitivity: 1 mV RMS for full power output, internal gain adjustment, 9v dc power for electret elements
FM Deviation: +/- 5 kHz peak nominal
AUX Level Input: variable, 200mV nominal
SSB Carrier Supression:> 70 dB
Unwanted Sideband Suppression:> 60 dB at 1 kHz
Harmonic & Spurious Outputs: ←50dBc @100 W <30MHz; -60dB>30MHz; -43 dB <5 W
T/R Switching: PTT or VOX on SSB, AM, FM, QSK on CW
CW Keyer Type: Internal Curtis Mode B
CW Rise and Fall Times: 5ms
CW Offset: adjustable
CW Keyer Speed: 5-60 WPM, adjustable weighting
Current Drain: transmit 20 amps typ.
Third Order Intermod: Better than 25dB below peak
SSB Generation: DSP Generated
# of DSP generated TX bandwidths: 3 built-in DSP filters - automatically selected - standard = 2.4Khz for SSB/CW; optional = 6Khz for AM, 12Khz for FM
Antenna Tuner
Type: Reversible L-network
Matching frequency range: 160 to 10 Meters, no Six Meters
Matching impedance range: 10:1 SWR typical
Ooptions
Filters: 2.4K standard, optional = 300, 600, 1.8k, 6k, 15k
Noise Blanker: daughter board module
Auto Tuner: daughter board module