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

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-173 MHz 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) LW / MW / 1.6-30 / 87-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 2040 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 50 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10.8-16V DC ?V DC
Current RX Max 800 mA 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby ?
TX Max 10.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2000 and 200x Between 1972 and 1973
Dimensions 141 × 41 × 154 mm
(5.55 × 1.61 × 6.06 in)
155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
460 × 260 × 130 mm
(18.11 × 10.24 × 5.12 in)
Weight 860 gr (1.9 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) 6.45 kg (14.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 50 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000140 AOR-AR-008600 GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-001000