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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Dial calibration at room temperature is within 300 cps if the nearest 100 kc calibration point is used to adjust the fiducial. ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 350-512 MHz 0.54-30.5 MHz 0.15-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? Band 1: < 15 µV gives 10 dB S/N
Bands 2 to 30: < 5 µV gives 10 dB S/N
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 10 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: ? µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 32 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB/CW/FSK (10 dB S/N)
0.15-0.5 MHz: 1 µV
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 0.2 µV
Selectivity ? 1 / 3 / 6 / 10 kHz N-AM
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
W-AM
6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-50 dB)
FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 22 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW/FSK
2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? 250 / 500 Hz CW, 6 kHz AM (Optional)
Receiver system ? ? Triple (FM) / Quadruple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.05 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
Image rejection ? ? 80 dB (1.8-30 MHz)
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 430-450 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output High: 35 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 250 W PEP, AM: 140W DC input

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 + Clamps / screws SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 20-150Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.7-15.8V DC Mains (115 or 230 V AC, 45~70 Hz) Mains (120 / 220 / 240 V AC)
Current RX 400-600 mA 85 W 80 W
TX Max 10 A - 510 W max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1957 and 1963 in USA Between 1985 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
401 × 141 × 350 mm
(15.79 × 5.55 × 13.78 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 24.90 kg (54.9 lbs) 18.50 kg (40.8 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 40 channels in 4 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 1K2/9K6 TNC option, GPS input for APRS. CTCSS, DCS. Theft alarm. 20F3 DV option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) ? Auto-AT option
Accessories ? ? Internal automatic antenna tuner
Communications headphones
Light-weight open air communications headphones
Deluxe communications headphones
Micro headphones
Hand microphone
Desk microphone
Phone patch
Station monitor
TXCO
External speaker
Voice synthesizer
500 Hz CW filter (455 kHz IF)
250 Hz CW filter (455 kHz IF)
6 kHz AM filter (8.83 MHz IF)
500 Hz CW filter (8.83 MHz IF)
MPN ALINCO-DR-000435T COLLINS-000051J-4 KENWOOD-TS-000940S