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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
HF Transceiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 132-170 / 410-470 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity -16dB micro (0.16µv) or less (12 dB SINAD) SSB/CW: 0.2-0.35 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 2.4 kHz bandwidth)
AM: 0.5-0.9 µV (10 dB SINAD @ 6 kHz bandwidth)
FM: 0.35-0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz bandwidth)
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity -6 dB: 6 kHz min., -60 dB: 12 kHz max. 35 built-in filters
SSB/CW: 200-3000 Hz
AM: 400-6000 Hz
FM: 15 kHz
AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? 80 dB ?
Audio output .5 watts (8 ohm load) @ 5% distortion ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 440-450 MHz 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AFSK   -
RF-output High: 45/35 W, Mid: 10/8W, Low: 5/4 W 1-20 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX 1.2A max ? 90 VA
TX 10A max Max 6 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2003 and 200x in USA Between 1963 and 196x in Great Britain
Dimensions 150 × 50 × 178 mm
(5.91 × 1.97 × 7.01 in)
216 × 70 × 246 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 9.69 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 28 channels in 1 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Detachable head. Twin RX Scanning. CTCSS encoder. PSK31-ready. IF-DSP. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000590T TEN-TEC-ARGONAUT-V-(000516) EDDYSTONE-000770R-MK.-II