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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop VHF/UHF 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  70cm 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 0.01 / 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
0.54-30 MHz 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? FM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
SSB/CW: 0.11 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB/CW: 2.3 kHz (-6 dB), 4.2 kHz (-60 dB)
CW narrow (option): 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.3 kHz (-60 dB)
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 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 3.5-25/3.5-25 W

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 13.8V DC
Current RX 39-150 mA ? 2-2.5 A
TX - - Max 9 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1959 and 1963 in USA Between 1990 and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
482 × 266 × 330 mm
(18.98 × 10.47 × 12.99 in)
425 × 149 × 406 mm
(16.73 × 5.87 × 15.98 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ? 14.50 kg (32.0 lbs) without PS-35<BR>16.8 kgwith PS-35
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

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
? Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 HAMMARLUND-HQ-000145 ICOM-IC-000970E