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

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 118-136 / 140-170 MHz AM/FM 0.1-2200 MHz 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 2-5 W (depending on voltage), Medium: 1 W, Low: 100 mW ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC 3.6-4.5V DC (3R6) or 9-14V DC external 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20
Current RX ? 95-135 mA ?
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 1999 and 200x Between 1976 and 19xx
Dimensions 53.34 × 109.22 × 38.1 mm
(2.10 × 4.30 × 1.50 in)
60 × 110 × 25 mm
(2.36 × 4.33 × 0.98 in)
?
Weight 369 gr (13.0 oz) with dry battery case 160 gr (5.6 oz) without batteries and antenna ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features DTMF option RS-232. Speech descrambler ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000001T ALINCO-DJ-X000005 DRAKE-SSR-000001