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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 420-450 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   - FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 5 W max

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Hi-Z SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 10-15V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX ? - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 2000 Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS, DCS. GPS input for APRS. 1200/9600 bd packet (EJ-41U) and digital voice board options (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) RS-232 D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E LOWE-HF-000250E ICOM-ID-000031A