S&S Engineering - ARK Series

The perfect briefcase station. Take DX and ragchewing operation
with you wherever you go. You get the best portable superhet
receiver available, with a crystal filter, audio filter, synthesized
tuning, RIT, and superb AGC. Up to 5 Watts transmitter output, with
full QSK and synthesized precision.

Designed by Dick Szakonyi, KA3ZOW. KA3ZOW has over 24 years of
experience designing military receivers and transmitters. He designed the
ARK Series Transceivers over a one year period including extensive
mobile and field operation.

- You get a complete kit, with a rugged, extruded aluminum chassis
(no flimsy sheet metal) finished front and rear panels, silkscreened
PCBs, stainless steel hardware, and all controls and knobs. Nothing
else to buy. Handle/Bail provides a sturdy tilt-up. MIL quality SO-239
RF connector, power, key, and headphone jacks are on the rear panel.
All new, first quality components - no surplus or junk parts. MIL quality
PCBs.
- 118 page manual with photos and parts overlays. Sections on
assembly, alignment, theory of operation, and troubleshooting. Fold
out schematics.
- Guaranteed to work - your ARK Series Transceiver will work for you
or we will fix it - for less than $25.

Additional Standard Features:
- Superhet single signal receiver
- Diode ring mixer
- 600 Hz crystal filter
- Product of USA
- Easy to build - silkscreened PCBs and prewound coils.
- Easy to align - test points built in.
- Guaranteed to work-Most customers say "It came right up!"

Operate anywhere -

- Draws just 400 milliamps receive and 1.1 amp transmit.
- Weighs less than 4 lbs.
- Rugged and reliable.

Build your own!

- YOU can take pride in having built the best yourself.

You get the best transceiver:

- 3 - 4 watts out at +12 V.
- 5 watts out at +13.8 V.
- Adjustable to milliwatt levels.
- Full QSK, sine wave sidetone.
- Built in speaker, audio filter.
- Synthesized to 100 Hz.
- 1 watt audio output.
- Non-destruct momentary short/open.
- VSWR 3.5 : 1 OK.
- Reverse supply protected.

You get the best receiver:

- Unequaled performance in its class.
- Input Intercept +10 dbm.
- Immediate recovery "transparent"
AGC.
- Sensitivity 0.3 æv for 10 db (S+N)/N.
- Minimum Discernible Signal (MDS)
< 0.1 æv.
- Receiver Independent Tune (RIT)
500 Hz.
- Low Pass Filter plus Band Pass Filter.