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Handheld UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 420-474 MHz 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments) 9 kHz - 52 MHz / 142-172 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity -15 dBu or better (12 dB SINAD) < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise. AM
2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
1.5 µV (142-172 MHz)
33 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

FM
4 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.2 µV (142-172 MHz)
28 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)

SSB/CW
0.2 µV (1.8-54 MHz)
0.18 µV (142-172 MHz)
22 µV (9 kHz - 1.8 MHz)
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) 5kHz (6 dB) or better AM 6 kHz
FM 12 kHz
SSB 2.4 kHz
CW 600 Hz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 70.7 MHz
2nd: 10.698 (main), 10.702 (sub)
Image rejection ? 60dB > 70 dB
Audio output ? 1W @ 3% THD 4.8 W (2×2.4 W main/sub)

Transmitter

TX-range 420-450 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output High: 2 W (6 VDC), 400 mW (2.4 VDC), Low: 500 mW (6 VDC), 150 mW (2.4 VDC) ? HF/6 m: 100 W, 2 m: 10 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 2R6/AA or Li-Ion pack. Also 3-6V DC external Mains (120 VAC) 13.8V DC
Current RX ? 40W ?
TX 0.45-1 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 1961 and 1964 in USA Between 2006 and 200x in Germany
Dimensions 57 × 98 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 3.86 × 1.10 in)
305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
425 × 175 × 465 mm
(16.73 × 6.89 × 18.31 in)
Weight 162 gr (5.7 oz) with batteries and antenna 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs) 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. PC-programmable. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000045T DRAKE-000002-B HILBERLING-PT-008000A