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Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? ?
Freq. stability +/- 2.5 p.p.m. ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 87.5-108 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz VHF/UHF 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity Main band: 0.2 µV or better (12 dB SINAD)
Sub band: 0.25 µV or better (12 dB SINAD)
? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-60 dB) ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz / 450 kHz
2nd: 45.1 MHz / 455 kHz
? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 2W into 8 ohm @ 10% THD ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - -
Modulations FM   N-FM   - -
RF-output High: 50/35 W, Medium: 20/20 W, Low: 5/5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in telescopic N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains 10-16 V DC
Current RX 500-700 mA 15 W max 200 - 1500 mA
TX Max 11 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 198x and 198x in Taiwan Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 40 × 185 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 7.28 in)
? 220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 202 channels in 1 bank(s) 10 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 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). The DTMF mike is optional here in E ? CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000635E REGENCY-R-001070 AOR-AR-005700D