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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 87.5-108 / 108-174 / 335-480 MHz - 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-225 / 400-512 / 806-956 / 1240-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   - AM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity Main band: 0.2 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
Sub band: 0.25 µV or better (-12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity FM, -6 dB: 12 kHz or more, -60 dB: 28 kHz or less
N-FM, -6 dB: 6 kHz or more, -60 dB: 14 kHz or less
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 1 x 12BY7A driver 2 x S2001/6146B final Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 240 mW, 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-80 m -
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 10/10 W, Low: 5/5 W SSB/CW: 50-100 W, AM: 25-50 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains 3V DC battery, 12V DC external
Current RX 400-600 mA Max 350 W 500 mA
TX Max 11 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2002 and 200x Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2004 and 20xx
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 12.50 kg (27.6 lbs) 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 202 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 1600 channels in 1000 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Detachable control head. Theft alarm. CTCSS & DCS. Twin RX. 1200/9600 bd packet and GPS option (EJ-50U). 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) ? TrunkTracking III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR
Turbo Search (300 steps per second)
Dynamic memory
Service Search
Computer interface
Attenuator
SAME w/FIPS
2 alpha-numeric Lines
16 char alpha-tags
CTCSS/DCS sql & search
Rotary control
Auto store
Beep alert
Data skip
Channel Alert
Radio cloning
Backlit display
Pager Skip
Squelch backlight
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000620E KENWOOD-TX-000599-CS UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000246T