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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  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 0.15-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   -
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 ? Quadruple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 44.93 MHz
2nd: 8.83 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
4th: 100 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160m + WARC 10-80m
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W SSB: 250 W, AM: 25 W, FSK: 80 W 600 W output with 100 W drive

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains Mains
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) ? ?
TX Max 11 A ? 8 A @ 240 V AC, 16 A @ 120 V AC

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1982 and 198x in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
? 378 × 168 × 340 mm
(14.88 × 6.61 × 13.39 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 15.85 kg (35.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station 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) Auto-AT option ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKII KENWOOD-TS-000930S HEATHKIT-SB-000200