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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld CB Transceiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  11m (CB)  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz Channelized 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 27.425-27.495 MHz 30 kHz – 54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
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)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 27.425-27.495 MHz 160-6 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   DV  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W 2 W 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-25W AM

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 BNC + SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% ? 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) ? 2.0 A
TX Max 11 A ? 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1984 and 1988 Between 2017 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
78 × 240 × 49 mm
(3.07 × 9.45 × 1.93 in)
350 × 171 × 337 mm
(13.78 × 6.73 × 13.27 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1.15 kg (2.5 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 6 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc) 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) ? 8" (20.3cm) touchscreen, 1920×1200 pixels)
HDMI connector for external display
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet
Integrated Antenna Tuner
USB 2.0

Optional:
* GPS Disciplined Oscillator; 5x10-12 over 24 hours
* MARS/CAP Coverage Filter Bank
* ThumbDV module for D-Star mode
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKII ZODIAC-P-003106 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006600M