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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile 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  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? +/- 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
10-160 m 108-174 / 430-480 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   DV  
Sensitivity ? ? 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? FM: 15 kHz (-6 dB), 30 kHz (-50 dB)
N-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-50 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? 1st IF: 21.7 MHz (VHF), 30.85 MHz (UHF)
2nd IF: 450 kHz (VHF), 455 kHz (UHF)
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2 W at 10% distortion / 8 ohms

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5 .. 50 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external Mains 13.8V DC +/- 15%
Current RX 39-150 mA ? 400-600 mA
TX - - 12 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1952 and 1954 in USA Between 2016 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
536 × 317 × 333 mm
(21.10 × 12.48 × 13.11 in)
140 × 60 × 188 mm
(5.51 × 2.36 × 7.40 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries 22.70 kg (50.1 lbs) 1.30 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in 1 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
? ?
Accessories ? ? EJ-47U DV option
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 COLLINS-000075A-3 ALINCO-DR-000735E