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Mobile VHF Transceiver
VHF/UHF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 136-174 / 400-470 MHz 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   FM   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (12 dB SINAD) ? AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz or more (-6 dB), 28 kHz or less (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz or more (-6 dB), 16 kHz or less (-60 dB)
? 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB)
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 144-148 / 440-450 MHz -
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W High: 5/5 W, Medium: 0.5/0.5 W, Low: 15/15 mW ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 4.8-9.6V DC with battery pack or 4.5-16V DC external Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) 30-170 mA ?
TX Max 11 A Max 1.6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1995 and 199x in Japan Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
57 × 125 × 31 mm
(2.24 × 4.92 × 1.22 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 340 gr (12.0 oz) with BP-171 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Portable

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS, DCS. GPS input for APRS. 1200/9600 bd packet (EJ-41U) and 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) CTCSS, DTMF. Twin RX ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKII ICOM-IC-W000031A SONY-ICF-006800W