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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Manpack VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ± 1 ppm ? ± 7 ppm
Tuning steps ? 25 kHz 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.135-30 MHz 36-76 MHz 28-29.695 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   N-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity AM
0.15-1.8 MHz: 10 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 2 µV
FM 28-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
SSB 0.15-1.8 MHz: 1 µV
CW 1.8-30 MHz: 0.25 µV
12dB for 1 µV EMF with 3 kHz deviation at 1 kHz 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity AM Narrow 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/FM 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 16 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
Image rejection 70 dB ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0 W into 8 ohm 10% THD 50 mW 2 W into 8 ohm at 10% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC
5.3 MHz (USA only)
36-76 MHz 28-29.695 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   N-FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output SSB/CW: 1/10/100 W, AM: 0.4/4/40 W >1 W 2/5/10 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 11.7 - 15.8V DC 12V DC 13.8V DC ±15%
Current RX 1 A max ? 400-600 mA
TX 20 A max ? 3 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2009 and 201x Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2007 and 200x
Dimensions 240 × 100 × 293 mm
(9.45 × 3.94 × 11.54 in)
166 × 76 × 285 mm
(6.54 × 2.99 × 11.22 in)
142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
Weight 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Portable Mobile

Other features

Memories 600 channels in 3 bank(s) 1600 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DX-SR000008 RACAL-TRA-000967 ALINCO-DR-000003T