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Handheld UHF Transceiver
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VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  2m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 420-474 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity -15 dBu or better (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) ? SSB
2.4 kHz @ -3 dB
4.5 kHz @ -60 dB

AM/FM
12 kHz @ -3 dB
32 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 10.7 MHz
2nd: 465 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 60 dB
Audio output ? 0.75 W ?

Transmitter

TX-range 420-450 MHz - 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 2 W (6 VDC), 400 mW (2.4 VDC), Low: 500 mW (6 VDC), 150 mW (2.4 VDC) ? 10 W

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 75/400Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2R6/AA or Li-Ion pack. Also 3-6V DC external Mains or 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells 13.5 (11...16) V DC
Current RX ? ? 600 mA
TX 0.45-1 A - 2.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 1965 and 1970 in Great Britain (Birmingham) Between 197x and 197x in W.Germany
Dimensions 57 × 98 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 3.86 × 1.10 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
193 × 88 × 260 mm
(7.60 × 3.46 × 10.24 in)
Weight 162 gr (5.7 oz) with batteries and antenna ? 2.90 kg (6.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. PC-programmable. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000045T EDDYSTONE-EB-000035 SEMCOSET-SEMCO-ROTO-S