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Base Station HF Transceiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
DIGITAL TRUNKING DESKTOP/MOBILE EZ DIGITAL SCANNER

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz ? ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
±6 kHz (-6 dB)
±12 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion 2 W into 8 ohm @ 10% THD 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
-
Modulations FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY   FM   -
RF-output 20-100 W 5 / 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + RCA (Tulip) - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other RS-232C - -

Electrical

Power req. 12-14 V DC 13.8V DC 12-16 V DC
Current RX 1.5 A 0.5 A ?
TX 20 A max 10 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 19xx in USA Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
140 × 40 × 170 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.69 in)
180 × 45 × 135 mm
(7.09 × 1.77 × 5.31 in)
Weight 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 950 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories None ? 1800 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF encoder (US version) Trunking: Motorola, LTR, EDACS
Spectrum sweeper
Weather channels
Object oriented memory
200 scanlists
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562 ALINCO-DR-000119 WHISTLER-WS001095