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

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  160m  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 135-174 MHz 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 10-160 m + CB and WWV
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
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
0.25 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW/FSK: 0.6 kHz (-6 dB), 4 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (-60 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)
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Image rejection ? ? Better than 60 dB (15-160 m) Better than 50 dB (10 m)
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - 10-160 m
Modulations FM   - AM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output 1.5-5 W ? SSB: 200 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), AM/FSK: 50 W (input)

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-13.8V DC 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 13.5V DC
Current RX 24 mA squelched 50-150 mA Max 1.1 A
TX Max 1.5 A - Max 21 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2001 and 200x Between 197x and 19xx
Dimensions 57 × 151 × 27 mm
(2.24 × 5.94 × 1.06 in)
57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
280 × 125 × 370 mm
(11.02 × 4.92 × 14.57 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) 320 gr (11.3 oz) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000190T ALINCO-DJ-X002000 YAESU-FT-000301