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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ±500Hz per 30 minutes afater warm-up ?
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 General coverage
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   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
AM: <2 µV (10 dB S/N)
SSB/CW: <0.7 µV (10 dB S/N)
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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 ?
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 - - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - - AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? Max 200 W (AM: 75 W), internal PSU version, Max 400 W (AM: 100 W), external PSU version

Connections

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

Electrical

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

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1976 and 1980 in Japan Between 2005 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
340 × 153 × 285 mm
(13.39 × 6.02 × 11.22 in)
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Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

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
? 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 YAESU-FRG-000007 YAESU-FTDX-009000D