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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

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

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz 10-160 m + 8 broadcast bands
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (12 dB SINAD) AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
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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
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   N-FM   - -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) ? ?
TX Max 11 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
340 × 152 × 305 mm
(13.39 × 5.98 × 12.01 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Portable Base Station

Other features

Memories 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) ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKII SONY-ICF-006800W YAESU-FR-000101