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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? 6m  2m  70cm  33cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz VHF: 5 kHz
UHF: 12.5 kHz
Airband: 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 87.5-108 / 108-174 / 335-480 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked) 29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-824 / 849-869 / 894-956 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV   AM   FM  
Sensitivity Main band: 0.2 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
Sub band: 0.25 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
29-54 MHz: 0.33-0.51 µV
118-136 MHz: 0.67-0.7 µV
136-174 MHz: 0.5-0.58 µV
406-512 MHz: 0.35-0.43 µV
806-956 MHz: 1.25-2.7 µV
(For 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity FM, -6 dB: 12 kHz or more, -60 dB: 28 kHz or less
N-FM, -6 dB: 6 kHz or more, -60 dB: 14 kHz or less
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 10.85 MHz
2nd: ? kHz
Image rejection ? ? 29 MHz: 40 dB / 145 MHz: 20 dB
Audio output ? ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - -
Modulations FM   N-FM   - -
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + N-type KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585)
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50-70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC or mains
Current RX 400-600 mA 1.5-2.2 A ?
TX Max 11 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 2006 and 200x Between 198x and 199x
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
160 × 41 × 189 mm
(6.30 × 1.61 × 7.44 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 202 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second 105 channels in 5 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Detachable control head. Theft alarm. CTCSS & DCS. Twin RX. 1200/9600 bd packet and GPS option (EJ-50U). 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000620E AOR-AR-ALPHA-B UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000950XLT