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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
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 135-174 MHz 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? -16 dBu for 12 dB SINAD 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
Selectivity ? More than 6 kHz (-6 dB), Less than 15 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 2 m 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
-
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output 5 W High: 50 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna - - SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? < 800 mA (squelched) 1.5-2.2 A
TX ? 3.5-10.5 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 40 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.57 in)
140 × 40 × 154 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.06 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? 860 gr (1.9 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Alpha tags ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000195 ALINCO-DR-000430 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B