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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / 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  2000m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ?
Tuning steps 0.05 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 500 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 80-10 m 29-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-824 / 849-869 / 894-960 MHz (USA)
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity 0.1-5 MHz: 1.5V AM, 0.6V CW/SSB
5-900 MHz: 1.0V AM, 0.5V CW/SSB
900-2150 MHz: 1V AM, 2V NFM, 4V W-FM
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Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB 2.5 kHz (6dB) / 8.1 kHz (60dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Jensen speaker ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external Mains 9V DC (6R6/AA)
Current RX 50-150 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1957 and 1959 Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
171 × 279 × 381 mm
(6.73 × 10.98 × 15.00 in)
61 × 160 × 45 mm
(2.40 × 6.30 × 1.77 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 8.20 kg (18.1 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ? 500 channels in 10 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Two-mode bug detector
Instant search function locks onto the nearest, strongest signal
Frequency counter
160 seconds of digital recording
Speech descrambler (excluded in US version) CTCSS
Low power transceiver function
One optional band Multi trunking
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 DRAKE-000001-A RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000092-(NEWER)