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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld Communications Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.54-20 MHz in five bands
(0.54-1.16 / 1.16-2.5 / 2.5-5 / 5-10 / 10-20 MHz)
144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) 530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? ±6 kHz (-6 dB)
±12 kHz (-60 dB)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2 W into 8 ohm @ 10% THD 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz (DR-119E)
144-148 MHz (DR-119T)
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Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 5 / 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna Clamps / screws - SMA
Impedance 100 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU 13.8V DC Li-Ion
Current RX ? 0.5 A ?
TX - 10 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1939 and 1945 in USA Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions ? 140 × 40 × 170 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.69 in)
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Weight 33.00 kg (72.8 lbs) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DTMF encoder (US version) Micro-SD card
Digimode autodetect
IPX5 water resistant

Support for the following digital modes:
- Alinco (GMSK - AMBE)
- Apco P25 (C4FM - IMBE)
- D-Star (GMSK - AMBE)
- DCR/NXDN (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- DMR/MotoTRBO (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- dPMR (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Yaesu (C4FM - AMBE 2)
- Tetra (DMO - only)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HAMMARLUND-SP-000210-X ALINCO-DR-000119 AOR-AR-DV000010