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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 6m  2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 50-54 MHz 118-174 / 400-479 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations FM   AM   FM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (-12 dBu) 12 dB SINAD 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD) FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD @ 15 kHz BW)
SSB/CW: 0.16 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW)
Selectivity +/- 6 kHz or under at -6 dB
+/- 15 kHz or under at -60 dB
12 kHz (-6 dB)
30 kHz (-60 dB)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double-conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 10.7 MHz and 455 kHz ? ?
Image rejection ? Better than 60 dB >90 dB!
Audio output 2.5 W with 8 Ohm @ 10% distortion ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 50-54 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (Europe) 10-160 m
Modulations FM   FM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output High: 20 W, Low: 2 W High: 50/35 W, Mid hi: 20/20 W, Mid lo: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W 0-100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 13.8V DC 12-15V DC
Current RX Max 600 mA 0.8-1 A 2 A max
TX Max 3 A Max 12 A 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1997 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 115 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 4.53 in)
140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
375 × 146 × 432 mm
(14.76 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
Weight 760 gr (1.7 lbs) 1.17 kg (2.6 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 162 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 CTCSS
Time out timer
CTCSS. 9K6 packet ready. RS-232C. DSP
Accessories EJ-20: CTCSS decode plug in module ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-M000006TH ICOM-IC-000207H TEN-TEC-OMNI-VI-PLUS-(000564)