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

General

HAM bands ? 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  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) 144-148 MHz (Europe)
142-150 MHz (USA)
General coverage
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
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 ? ?
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)
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz (Europe)
142-150 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? High: 3 W, Low: 1 W Max 200 W (AM: 75 W), internal PSU version, Max 400 W (AM: 100 W), external PSU version

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 9.6-12V DC (8R6 / AA) Mains
Current RX 50-150 mA ? ?
TX - Max 800 mA ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1983 and 19xx Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
65 × 184 × 44 mm
(2.56 × 7.24 × 1.73 in)
?
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 640 gr (1.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 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
? Balanced microphone jack (XLR). Large multifunction TFT. Data port. PS/2 keyboard jack. Rotator interface jack for direction indication on the TFT. Direct I/O sound card connections. 32-bit IF DSP. IP3 better than +40 dBm! Twin identical RX.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 AZDEN-PCS-000300 YAESU-FTDX-009000D