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Mobile UHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m. @ 25 °C
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz Continuous 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 350-512 MHz 10-160 m 0.52-1.710 / 76-108 / 108-174 / 380-479 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   CW   SSB   AM   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB)
? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 30.85 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
? 1st: 46.355 / 61.655 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-160 m 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   DV   CW   SSB   FM   N-FM   DV   GMSK  
RF-output High: 35 W, Medium: 20 W, Low: 5 W Max 100 W 0.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 11.7-15.8V DC Mains 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack)10-16 V DC external
Current RX 400-600 mA ? 200-450 mA
TX Max 10 A ? 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2012 and 2021 in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
? 58 × 105 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 4.13 × 1.02 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 255 gr (9.0 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None 1304 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 1K2/9K6 TNC option (EJ-41U), GPS input for APRS. CTCSS, DCS Theft alarm. RoHS compliant 13.8 V DC and digital display options D-Star concept
Built-in GPS with logging
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×104 dot-matrix display
Voice synthesizer
Voice memory
Voltage indicator
IPX7 waterproof
Twin RX
1150 mAh Li-Ion battery pack
CI-V interface
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000435E-MKIII KENWOOD-TS-000820 ICOM-ID-000051E