Ten-Tec SDR Product Lineage

Development of DSP/SDR products took several turns and represents changes in technology, design philosophy and market changes.

Some products never made it to market but served as launching points for main product lines.

Note that some of the products listed were designed specifically for a customer and their needs.

I’ve seen a couple of these customer products offered for sale in the surplus market, such as the RX-321.

See other posts related to specific products for more detail on their origins.

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My development work on Ten-Tec Products
The legend is as shown.

DSP = Created Signal Processing Firmware

CPU = Created Control Processor Firmware

PCB = Design/Layout of Circuit and Board

Test Fixture = Production Test Hardware

Auto Test = Production PC Test Program

Transceivers	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
526 6N2	6m/2m Transciever	All mode DSP	●	●	●		●
516 Argonaut 5	HF DSP Transciever	All mode DSP	●	●	●		●
535 Delta II	HF Transceiver	Compact transceiver with LCD display		●
536 Argo II	HF Transceiver	Low power version of Delta II		●
538 Jupiter	HF Transceiver	DSP Transceiver with LCD graphics display	●	●	●	●	●
539 Argonaut VI (Original name was Omega)	HF/VHF Transceiver	QRP HF Transceiver with LCD display	●	●	●		●
550 Pegasus	Black Box Transceiver	First product with field upgradable firmware	●	●	●	●	●
550TX Rack Mount Transceiver	Black Box Transceiver	Rack mount version of the 550, for the Navy	●	●	●	●
555 Scout	HF Transceiver	Plug in modules		●
556 Argo	HF Transceiver	Low power version of the Scout		●
563 Omni VI	HF Transceiver	First Amateur transceiver with DSP	●	●	●
563+ Omni VI+	HF Transceiver	Enhanced Omni VI	●	●	●
564 Omni VI+	HF Transceiver	Enhanced Omni VI+	●	●	●
565 Orion	HF Transceiver	Dual DSP with LCD graphics display	●	●	●		●	●
566 Orion II	HF Transceiver	Dual DSP with color LCD graphics display	●	●	●		●	●
586 Paragon II	HF Transceiver	Enhanced 585 transceiver					●	●
588 Omni VII	HF/VHF Transceiver	DSP Transceiver with color LCD + Ethernet	●	●	●			●
590 Transceiver	HF Transceiver	First all DSP transciever (not released)	●	●	●
599 Eagle	HF/VHF Transceiver	DSP transciever with LCD display	●	●	●
1220 2-meter transceiver	VHF Transceiver	2-meter transceiver kit		●	●
1230 220 MHz transceiver	VHF Transceiver	1.25 meter transceiver kit		●	●
1260 6-meter transceiver	VHF Transceiver	6-meter transceiver kit		●	●

Receivers	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
RX-350 SWL Receiver	HF Receiver	Shortwave receiver with graphics LCD display	●	●	●		●	●
RX-320 PC Receiver	Black Box HF receiver	GUI controlled Shortwave receiver	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-321 GW Receiver	Black Box HF receiver	Custom receiver for Globe Wireless	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-322 Receiver Card	Black Box HF receiver	Custom receiver for the Navy	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-330 Monitor Receiver	HF Monitor Receiver	Ten-Tec’s first DSP Receiver -1993	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-330A Monitor Receiver	HF Monitor Receiver	Enhanced RX-331, 1994	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-330B Monitor Receiver	HF Monitor Receiver	Enhanced RX-331, 1997	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-331 Monitor Receiver	HF Monitor Receiver	Enhanced RX-331, 1999	●	●	●	●	●	●
RX-340 Monitor Receiver	HF Monitor Receiver	RX-331 with front panel, 2001	●	●	●		●	●
RX-400 VHF/UHF Receiver	HF/VHF/UHF Monitor Receiver	DSP receiver with Ethernet	●	●	●		●	●
RX-360 Tactical Receiver	Black Box HF receiver	Miniature HF receiver with Ethernet	●	●	●
RX-320POTS – Phone Receiver	Black Box HF receiver	Telephone controlled HF receiver, for the FCC	●	●	●
1254 SWL Receiver	HF Receiver Kit	Shortwave receiver kit		●	●

Accessories	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
302-RM Remote Pod	Remote Encoder/Keypad	Auxilliary attachment to multiple products		●	●
610 USB Keyer Interface	USB CW Keyer + Audio Interface	Remote op accessory for Ethernet Transceivers		●	●		●
715 Speech Processor	Add-on Speech Processor Accessory	Modern version of classic design		●	●		●
712 USB Audio Interface	USB Soundcard Interface	Accessory for Ten-Tec products		●	●
713 Audio Interface	Line Isolating Audio Interface	Accessory for Ten-Tec products		●	●
418 Amplifier – 100W	Companion Amplifier for 539 QRP Rig	Accessory Amplifier		●	●	●	●

Misc Products	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
9800 TCI GPIB Controller	GPIB Controller for DF system	Controlled custom DF system for TCI		●	●	●	●	●
BC-150 Scanner Board	Add-on for Bearcat Scanners	Designed for Race-Scan, NASCAR related		●	●	●	●	●
RCU-400 Controller	Multi Receiver Contoller for RX-400 Receivers	Custom designed for customer	●	●	●	●

Test Fixture/Programs	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
RX-33x Performance Test program	Production test for RX-33X receiver	Generated test report of performance				●		●
RX-33x Burn-in Program	Production test for RX-33X receiver	Scanned receivers for spurious spec				●		●
RX-320 Automated Test Fixture	Production test for DSP board	Tested DSP board	●		●	●	●	●
RX-400 Performance Test program	Production test for receiver	Generated test report of performance				●	●	●
538 Transceiver Test	Production test for receiver	Generated test report of performance				●		●
566 Test Programs					●	●	●	●

PC Software	Product Description	Product Highlight	DSP	CPU	PCB	GUI	Test Fixture	Auto Test
GUI-Flash Update Program	PC program for field update of Ten-Tec product	Allowed new firmware to be loaded				●
GUI-32x Receiver Control	PC control program	Provided radio-like control interface				●
GUI-Pegasus 550 Transceiver Control	PC control program	Provided radio-like control interface				●

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