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

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? 5 ppm ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 420-474 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
0.225-31.2 MHz in 6 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   AM   W-FM mono  
Sensitivity -15 dBu or better (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion Superheterodyne Single / double conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
1st: 2455 kHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W, external speaker required

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna SMA SMA N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2R6/AA or Li-Ion pack. Also 3-6V DC external 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external ?
Current RX ? 39-150 mA ?
TX 0.45-1 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1963 and 1968 in Netherlands
Dimensions 57 × 98 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 3.86 × 1.10 in)
56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
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Weight 162 gr (5.7 oz) with batteries and antenna 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 700 channels in 10 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Commercial / Land mobile communication
Features CTCSS. PC-programmable. Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000045T ALINCO-DJ-X000003 PHILIPS-000008-RO-501