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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 25-88 / 108-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
(less cellular in the US)
0.03-60 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-12 dBu) 12 dB SINAD ? ?
Selectivity +/- 6 kHz or under at -6 dB
+/- 15 kHz or under at -60 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 10.7 MHz and 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? ? 70 dB
Audio output 2.5 W with 8 Ohm @ 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output High: 20 W, Low: 2 W ? SSB/CW/FM/RTTY: 5-100/5-100 W (100% duty cycle), AM: 5-40/5-40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 4.8V DC internal or 13.8V DC external 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX Max 600 mA ? Max 3.5 A
TX Max 3 A - Max 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2002 and 200x Between 2003 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 115 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 4.53 in)
65 × 153 × 45 mm
(2.56 × 6.02 × 1.77 in)
340 × 111 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 4.37 × 11.22 in)
Weight 760 gr (1.7 lbs) 350 gr (12.4 oz) 9.60 kg (21.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS
Time out timer
Trunktracking (Motorola, EDACS, LTR)
Digital modulation option (APCO 25)
PC programmable
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
Alpha tags
CTCSS / DCS
Rotary frequency dial
Backlit display
32 bit IF-DSP. Built-in RTTY demodulator and auto-ATU. IP3 = +30 dBm, Twin RX
Accessories EJ-20: CTCSS decode plug in module ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-M000006TH UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000250D ICOM-IC-000756-PRO-III