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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ± 0.15 p.p.m. over a 30 day period +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 10 / 20 / 1000 Hz 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 15 kHz - 30 MHz 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB   FSK   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity 0.5-30 Hz, 15 dB with 1 µV (EMF) input
50-500 kHz, 15 dB with 3 µV (EMF) input
15-50 kHz, 15 dB with 10 µV (EMF) input
0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 250-3000 kHz @ -6 dB
-650- +4100 Hz @ -60 dB
FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters 3.0 / 1.2 / 0.3 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output Line, phone or 50 mW internal speaker 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. Mains (100-125 V AC or 200-250 V AC) 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 60-90 VA 400-600 mA
TX - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx in Great Britain Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 483 × 178 × 410 mm
(19.02 × 7.01 × 16.14 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs) rack mounted 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 12 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ?
Accessories ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN RACAL-RA-001778 ALINCO-DR-000735E