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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld VHF 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  ? 2m 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
0.54-30 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 MHz
Modulations - - FM  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna SMA - -
Impedance 50Ω ? 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1959 and 1963 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
47 × 120 × 34 mm
(1.85 × 4.72 × 1.34 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ? 320 gr (11.3 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) ? ?
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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 HAMMARLUND-HQ-000145 STANDARD-C000170