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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ±10 p.p.m. Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 160-10 m
Modulations AM   W-AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity SSB/CW/FM
(0.5~1.8 MHz) 0 dBµV (1 µV)
(1.8~30 MHz) -12 dBµV (0.25 µV)
AM
(1KHz, 30% modulation) (0.5~1.8MHz) +20 dBµV (10 µV)
(1.8~30 MHz) +6 dBµV (2 µV)
FM
-6dbuV (0.5 µV) @ 12 dB SINAD
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
0.25 µV S+N/N 10 dB or more
Selectivity SSB/CW/AM-Narrow: 2.7 kHz/-6 dB, 4.7 kHz /-60 dB
AM-Wide/FM: 8 kHz/-6 dB, 30 kHz/-50 dB
AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion Triple conversion (FM) ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 8.875 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection > 70 dB HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB Better than 50 dB
Audio output More than 2Watts @ 8 ohms, 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 160-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
RF-output SSB/CW: 10/100 W, AM: 4/40 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W Max 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC ± 15% 13.8V DC 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 0.8-1A 1.3-1.6 A 5 A (heaters on), 0.6 A (heaters off)
TX 20A max. 22 A max 15 A max.

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2005 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 246 × 94 × 228 mm
(9.69 × 3.70 × 8.98 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
333 × 153 × 335 mm
(13.11 × 6.02 × 13.19 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) 16.00 kg (35.3 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DX-000077T ICOM-IC-007000 KENWOOD-TS-000520S