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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability -7 ~ +3 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz 0.53-2040 MHz 80-10m
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.5 µV (20 dB S/N)
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 130 kHz @ -6dB
? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 243.95 MHz
2nd: 39.155 MHz N-FM/AM, 10.7 MHz FM
3rd: 450 kHz N-FM/AM
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W

Transmitter

TX-range - - 80-10m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 200W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.7V DC (Li-Io pack) ?V DC Mains (110/240 V AC)
Current RX 90 mA ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2005 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 197x and 197x in Japan
Dimensions 58 × 96 × 15 mm
(2.28 × 3.78 × 0.59 in)
? 350 × 160 × 300 mm
(13.78 × 6.30 × 11.81 in)
Weight 103 gr (3.6 oz) with EBP58N ? 22.00 kg (48.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. Bug detector. PC-programmable RS-232C. Optional slot cards include EM8200 (extra memory), CT8200 (CTCSS), RU8200 (20 sec recorder), TE8200 (tone eliminator), VI8200 (voice inverter) ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000007 AOR-AR-008200 YAESU-FT-000501