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Base Station Marine Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz 10 kHz-30 MHz divided into 11 bands
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-50 MHz: 0.89 µV
50-1300 MHz: 0.45 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.17 µV
470-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-470 MHz: 0.5 µV
470-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Double/triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 48050 kHz
2nd: 5645 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 + N-type -
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/200Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2.4-3V DC (battery) or 5.4-6V DC external 13.8V DC 24V DC or mains
Current RX 26-140 mA 1.5-2.2 A ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 2006 and 200x Between 1981 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 58 × 99 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 3.90 × 1.26 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
480 × 133 × 356 mm
(18.90 × 5.24 × 14.02 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) with EBP57 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 8.60 kg (19.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features CTCSS. Bug detector. Alpha tags. Digital recording/playback Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000008 AOR-AR-ALPHA DRAKE-RR-000003