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DIGITAL TRUNKING DESKTOP/MOBILE EZ DIGITAL SCANNER

General

HAM bands ? 2m  6m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability Less than ±30Hz after warm up, less than ±200Hz during warm up (60 minutes). ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 3.125 / 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   P25  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY: 0.16 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
AM: 13 µV (0.5-1.6 MHz)
AM: 2 µV (1.6-30 MHz)
0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) ?
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
±6 kHz (-6 dB)
±12 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection 70dB ? ?
Audio output 2W@10% THD 2 W into 8 ohm @ 10% THD 500 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 1.6-30 MHz 144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
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Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   -
RF-output 100 W 5 / 50 W ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8V DC 12-16 V DC
Current RX 2A 0.5 A ?
TX 20A max 10 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 2014 and 201x in USA
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
140 × 40 × 170 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.69 in)
180 × 45 × 135 mm
(7.09 × 1.77 × 5.31 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 950 gr (2.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 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 ICOM-IC-000078 ALINCO-DR-000119 WHISTLER-WS001095