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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
Handheld Amateur Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 min. to 60 min. after power ON. After that, the rate of stability change is less than ±30 Hz/hr at +25°C ?
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 87.5-108 / 108-174 / 335-480 MHz 0.03-60 MHz 0.5-1000 MHz (Cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   C4FM  
Sensitivity Main band: 0.2 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
Sub band: 0.25 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
SSB, CW, RTTY - 0.16 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
(10 dB S/N) - 0.13 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
AM - 13 µV (0.5-1.799 MHz)
(10 dB S/N) - 2 µV (1.80-29.99 MHz)*1
FM - 0.5 µV (28.0-29.99 MHz)*1
(12 dB SINAD) 0.32 µV (50.0-54.0 MHz)*2
*1 Pre-amp 1 ON, *2Pre-amp 2 ON
Squelch Sensitivity (threshold):
SSB, CW, RTTY - Less than 5.6 µV
FM - Less than 1.0 µV
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Selectivity FM, -6 dB: 12 kHz or more, -60 dB: 28 kHz or less
N-FM, -6 dB: 6 kHz or more, -60 dB: 14 kHz or less
SSB, CW, RTTY - More than 2.4 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 3.8 kHz/-60 dB
AM - More than 9.0 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 20 kHz/-60 dB
FM - More than 12 kHz/-6 dB ; Less than 30 kHz/-60 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0 W at 10% distortion with an 8 ohm load 700 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 430-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/6 m 144-148 / 430-450 MHz (USA)
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM   C4FM  
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 5-100/5-100 W (5-40/5-40 W AM) 5 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC 7.2 V DC
Current RX 400-600 mA 2.7 A max ?
TX Max 11 A 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2019 and 202x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
62 × 100 × 33 mm
(2.44 × 3.94 × 1.30 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 9.30 kg (20.5 lbs) 282 gr (10.0 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 202 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Detachable control head. Theft alarm. CTCSS & DCS. Twin RX. 1200/9600 bd packet and GPS option (EJ-50U). 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) DSP, Twin RX Built-in bluetooth and GPS
APRS 1200/9600bps modem
Voice recorder
Micro SD card slot
Twin RX (V+V/V+U/U+U)
Band scope
320×240 dot matrix full color TFT touch screen
Wires-X
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000620T ICOM-IC-000756 YAESU-FT-000003DR