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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up.
Tuning steps ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
Image rejection ? > 60 dB
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.8/0.8 W 100 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC Mains
Current RX 25-160 mA 32 W
TX Max 1.4 A 295 W

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 1981 and 19xx
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS Theft alarm and mosquito repel feature. Digital voice board option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Accessories ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000596J KENWOOD-TS-000830M