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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF Power / SWR-meter

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? -
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz Continuous -

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB   All mode  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (-12 dB SINAD) ? -
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz or more (-6 dB), 28 kHz or less (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz or more (-6 dB), 16 kHz or less (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? Single conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? 465 kHz ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 0.75 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   - All mode  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 75/400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells None
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) ? -
TX Max 11 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 1970 and 1981 in USA
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
133 × 133 × 165 mm
(5.24 × 5.24 × 6.50 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 1.60 kg (3.5 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS, DCS. GPS input for APRS. 1200/9600 bd packet (EJ-41U) and 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) AFC -
Accessories ? ? -
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135T-MKII EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-II HEATHKIT-HM-000102