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

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  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? Within 1100 Hz (or 120 Hz using optional oven standard) over the temperature range of 0-50 °C.
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? Selectable steps of 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 1 MHz; 200 steps per revolution (20 for 1 MHz steps) of tuning knob.

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
10-160 m 0.2-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? (at 1.6 to 30 MHz, not more than antenna input) 0.5 µV for 10 dB S+N/N for SSB and CW using 2.1 kHz filter and 3.5 µV in AM (30% mod 1 kHz) using 6-kHz filter 0.2 to 1.6 MHz, not more than 1.5 µV SSB/CW and 10 µV AM for above conditions.
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? Filter -3dB Min -60 dB Max
6.0 6.0 kHz 30.0 kHz
2.1 2.1 kHz 4.4 kHz
360 360 Hz 1250.0 Hz

optional
AC-3811 140 Hz 600 Hz
AC-3812 1.7 kHz 3.4 kHz
AC-3814 3.0 kHz 9.0 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne (?)
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? 1st: ?
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? ? Internal speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external Mains Mains or 13.8 V DC
Current RX 39-150 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1952 and 1954 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
394 × 191 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.52 × 17.99 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 12.70 kg (28.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
? Passband tuning
Built-in AC/DC power supply
Built-in speaker
Digital frequency readout
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 COLLINS-000075A-3 COLLINS-000451S-1