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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz LW / MW / 3.9-22 / 87-108 MHz 0.2-30 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   W-FM Stereo   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? AM (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 20 µV
2-30 MHz: 2 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N)
0.2-2 MHz: 0.2-2 MHz: 5 µV
2-30 MHz: 0.5 µV
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) ? AM Wide: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-50 dB)
AM Narrow: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 18 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 5 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 48.055 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection 60 dB ? >60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50/1000Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ?V DC Mains (12V DC option, DCK-1)
Current RX 1.2 A ? ?
TX Max 11.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1983 and 1984 Between 1979 and 1985 in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 176 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.93 in)
568 × 268 × 120 mm
(22.36 × 10.55 × 4.72 in)
300 × 115 × 218 mm
(11.81 × 4.53 × 8.58 in)
Weight 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) 5.50 kg (12.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 21 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Twin RX. Digital readout. Clock Built-in cassette recorder 12hr clock and timer
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-M000050H GRUNDIG-SATELLIT-004000-RECORDER KENWOOD-R-001000