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Mobile UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
DESKTOP/MOBILE SCANNER RADIO

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz HF / 6m 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   All mode   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 24 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system 70 cm: Double-conversion, 23 cm: Triple-conversion superheterodyne SDR Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.8 MHz (70 cm), 157.0 MHz (23 cm)
2nd: 455 KHz (70 cm), 45.0 MHz (23 cm)
3rd: 455 KHz (23 cm)
? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.8 W

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz HF / 6m -
Modulations FM   All mode   -
RF-output High: 10/10 W, Low: 1/1 W ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/-15% ? 12-16 V DC
Current RX Max 900 mA ? ?
TX 1.5-4.5 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1986 and 198x in Japan Between 2012 and 20xx Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 155 × 55 × 207 mm
(6.10 × 2.17 × 8.15 in)
? 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
Weight 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) ? 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX ? Trunking: Motorola, LTR, EDACS
Spectrum sweeper
CTCSS/PL + DCS
Weather channels
Object oriented memory
1800 programmable objects
EEPROM storage
PC-programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN STANDARD-C-006000 ALINCO-DX-SRDT WHISTLER-WS001065