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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB SDR Receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
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 Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 0.2-30 MHz in four bands 25-1750 MHz
100 kHz-25 MHz optional
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
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
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
≥ Phase noise @1kHz offset: -138dBc/Hz
≥ Phase noise @10kHz: -150dBc/Hz
≥ Phase noise @100kHz: -152dBc/Hz
Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ±3 kHz (-6 dB), ±7 kHz (-50 dB) ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne SDR, R820T2 tuner IC
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
1st: 54.6-55.5 MHz
2nd: 2.1-3 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W @ 8 Ohms ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 + Clamps / screws MCX
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 13.8V DC or mains + battery option 5 V DC, USB
Current RX 50-150 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2017 and 20xx
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
24 × 8 × 21 mm
(0.94 × 0.31 × 0.83 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Dongle

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) None ?
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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 YAESU-FRG-000007 NOOELEC-NESDR-NANO-000002+