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.
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 | |
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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 | ● |