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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2m  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 ppm
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands 0.531-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
? ?
Selectivity ? ? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single Conversion Superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM)
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output 100 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-148 / 430-450 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external Mains (AC or DC) 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 80-100 mA ? 200 mA
TX - - 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 1953 and 1960 in Great Britain Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
? 61 × 115 × 30 mm
(2.40 × 4.53 × 1.18 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries ? 296 gr (10.4 oz) incl. antenna
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second None 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? • Speaker Output • Dial Lamp • Rack Handles • Tuning Indicator • Speaker • Phono Input • Vernier Tuning • Log Scale 0-2500 • Tone • Flywheel Tuning Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002000 EDDYSTONE-000670A ALINCO-DJ-G000007T