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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  2m  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ± 2.5 ppm
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.531-10 / 76.1-90 / 108-170 / 380-470 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 0.531-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM)
IF-freqs. ? ? 10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
Image rejection 60 dB More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) 60 dB
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 /430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 144-146 / 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   FM   N-FM  
RF-output High: 300-500 mW (depending on voltage), Low: ? mW AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.7-6V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 19-70 mA 2 A max 200 mA
TX Max 250-320 mA 20 A max 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 2000 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 58 × 96 × 15 mm
(2.28 × 3.78 × 0.59 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
61 × 106 × 38 mm
(2.40 × 4.17 × 1.50 in)
Weight 102 gr (3.6 oz) 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 296 gr (10.4 oz)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-C000007 ICOM-IC-000718 ALINCO-DJ-G000007E