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Mobile Shortwave Transceiver
SDR HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop VHF receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ± 2.0 ppm ? Drift less than 0.003 of 1% per °C and less than 0.003 of 1% for a 5% mains voltage change
Tuning steps ? 1 Hz - 1 MHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30 MHz 50 kHz - 60 MHz 19-165 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations AM   FM   SSB   GMSK   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW  
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
10 μV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
2 μV (1.8 - 30 MHz)
FM (12 dB SINAD)
0.5 μV (28 - 30 MHz)
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1 μV (0.5 - 1.8 MHz)
0.25 μV (1.8 - 30 MHz)
AM: 3.5 µV
SSB: 1.5 µV
CW: 0.8 µV
10 dB S+N/N, preamp on
Better than 5 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity AM/FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
Software defined AM/CW: 50 kHz @ -40 dB
N-FM: 80 kHz @ -40 dB
W-FM: 175 kHz @ -40 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 70 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
3rd: 15 kHz
5.2 MHz
Image rejection > 70 dB 55 dB ?
Audio output 2 W (8 ohm, 10%), 4 W (4 ohm, 10%) ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 160-10 m - -
Modulations AM   FM   SSB   GMSK   - -
RF-output SSB/CW: 10/100 W, AM: 4/40 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 + Hi-Z -
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 72Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% 11-15 V DC Mains (110 / 200-240 V AC)
Current RX 1.2 A 500 mA max 90 VA
TX 20 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 20xx Between 2005 and 201x in Italy Between 1953 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 178 × 58 × 228 mm
(7.01 × 2.28 × 8.98 in)
200 × 60 × 190 mm
(7.87 × 2.36 × 7.48 in)
425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? USB 2.0
12 kHz output to PC sound card
ELAD software radio
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DX-000801 ELAD-FDM-000077 EDDYSTONE-000770R