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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  23cm  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) Main: Other mode within ±0.5 x 10^-6 (±0.5 p.p.m.) FM TX mode within ±0.5x10^-6 ±2 kHz Sub: Within ±0.5x10^-6 ±600 Hz
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.522-1000 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
0.030-30 MHz 0.03-60 / 118-174 / 220-512 MHz
23 cm/10 W option.
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
Main
SSB/CW/FSK (S/N 10 dB)
≤ 4 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz)
≤ 0.2µV (1.705 MHz ~ 24.5 MHz)
≤ 0.13µV (24.5 MHz ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 0.13µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 0.16µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.11µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 0.11 µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

AM (S/N 10 dB)
≤ 31.6 µV (500 kHz ~ 1.705 MHz)
≤ 2µV (1.705 ~ 24.5 MHz)
≤ 1.3µV (24.5 ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 1.3µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 1.4µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 1.0µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 1.0µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

FM (12 dB SINAD)
≤ 0.22 µV (28 ~ 30 MHz)
≤ 0.22µV (50 ~ 54 MHz)
≤ 0.25µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.18 µV (430 ~ 450 MHz)
≤ 0.18µV (1240 ~ 1300 MHz)

Sub
AM
≤ 2.25 µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 1.55 µV (438 ~ 450 MHz)

FM
≤ 0.40µV (144 ~ 148 MHz)
≤ 0.28µV (438 ~ 450 MHz)
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne SSB/CW/AM/FSK: Quadruple stereoheterodyne FM: Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) Main: >70 dB Sub: >60 dB
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load 1.5 Watts 8 ohms at 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W Max 100/100/100/50 W

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.5V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 13.8V DC +/-15%
Current RX ? 2 A max Squelched 2.6 A
TX - 20 A max Max 20.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x Between 2000 and 2014
Dimensions 58 × 90 × 15 mm
(2.28 × 3.54 × 0.59 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
270 × 96 × 317 mm
(10.63 × 3.78 × 12.48 in)
Weight 85 gr (3.0 oz) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 7.50 kg (16.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 300 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector. Speech descrambler DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options DSP. Built-in 1K2/9K6 TNC. Auto-AT on HF/6 m. DX-Cluster functions.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000002 ICOM-IC-000718 KENWOOD-TS-B002000