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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
DSP Shortwave transceiver

General

HAM bands 1.25m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical 1 p.p.m. standard (0.1 p.p.m. optional)
Tuning steps ? 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 216-278 MHz (after modification: RX/TX 200-299.995 MHz depending on VCO alignment) 0.03-30 MHz 10 kHz - 30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
Sensitivity 0.25 µV (12 dB SINAD) 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz 1 µV (16 dB SINAD)
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB)
2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
-6 dB: 300-2700 Hz
-60 dB: 400-3400 Hz
Filters ? ? Additional bandwidths DSP selectable (300 / 600 / 1000 Hz)
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne DSP
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD 3W at less than 5% distortion into 4 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 222-225 MHz - 1.6-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   - CW   USB   LSB   FSK   Digital (other)  
RF-output High: 25 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ? 25 / 100 W PEP

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10-15V DC 13.6 V DC (24 V DC optional)
Current RX Max 600 mA ? ?
TX Max 8 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 1995 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 2014 and 201x
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
280 × 100 × 132 mm
(11.02 × 3.94 × 5.20 in)
305 × 105 × 300 mm
(12.01 × 4.13 × 11.81 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs) 6.00 kg (13.2 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 255 channels in 1 bank(s) 99 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS, DCS and DTMF. 1K2/9K6 TNC option. Theft alarm Digital voice board option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) RS-232 Remote control up to 100m
ALC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000235T-MKIII LOWE-HF-000250 EDDYSTONE-ORION-007000