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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

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 ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz (after modification) 0.1-30 MHz 10-80 m
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   DV   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity < -16.0 dBu (12 dB SINAD) SSB: 0.35 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 3 kHz bandwidth) <1 µV (10 dB S+N/N)
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)
34 built-in filters with various characteristics 0.5 / 1.0 / 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
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Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 10-80 m
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   CW   SSB   AFSK   CW  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 20 W, Low: 5 W 100 W 30 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 12-14V DC 12V DC or mains
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) Max 1 A ?
TX Max 11 A Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 1999 and 200x in USA Between 197x and 197x
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
130 × 273 × 292 mm
(5.12 × 10.75 × 11.50 in)
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Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 4.10 kg (9.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
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) option. RoHS compliant PC-controlled. IF-DSP. Full QSK
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKIII TEN-TEC-PEGASUS-(000550) TEN-TEC-CENTURY-000021/DIGITAL-(574)