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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB-dongle SDR receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? +/- 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? Software defined

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 0.5-30 Mhz 0.01-55 MHz (500 MHz with oversampling)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   AM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   Multiple (Software defined)  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (-12 dB SINAD) ? 0.35 µV
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)
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Direct down conversion, software defined
IF-freqs. ? ? Software defined
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? None

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains 5 V DC (USB 2.0)
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) ? 410 mA max
TX Max 11 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1948 and 195x in Great Britain Between 2017 and 20xx in Germany
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
425 × 222 × 254 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 10.00 in)
25 × 17 × 90 mm
(0.98 × 0.67 × 3.54 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) 43 gr (1.5 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 10000 bank(s)
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) ? Spectrum scope bandwidth up to 62.5 MHz
14-bit ADC (Texas Instruments ADS4145)
Aluminium case
1.5 MHz sampling rate
Client-Server application possible (remote control)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135T-MKII EDDYSTONE-000670 EXPERT-ELECTRONICS-COLIBRINANO