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Handheld UHF Transceiver
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Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? < 400 cycles before warm up; < 100 cycles after warm up; < 100 cycles for 10% line voltage change
Tuning steps ? 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 420-474 MHz 130-174 MHz 80-10 m (3.5-30 MHz in 12 600kHz segments)
Modulations FM   FM   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity -15 dBu or better (12 dB SINAD) 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) < 0.5µV @ 10 db signal to noise.
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) 12 kHz (-6 dB), 26 kHz (-60 dB) 5kHz (6 dB) or better
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? 60dB
Audio output ? 500 mW 1W @ 3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 420-450 MHz 144-146 MHz (Europe) -
Modulations FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 2 W (6 VDC), 400 mW (2.4 VDC), Low: 500 mW (6 VDC), 150 mW (2.4 VDC) High: 5 W (@ 13.8 VDC), Low: 0.8 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SMA -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2R6/AA or Li-Ion pack. Also 3-6V DC external 7.2V DC (EBP-65 Ni-MH pack) or 7-16V DC external Mains (120 VAC)
Current RX ? 25-250 mA 40W
TX 0.45-1 A Max 1.4 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 2007 and 200x Between 1961 and 1964 in USA
Dimensions 57 × 98 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 3.86 × 1.10 in)
58 × 110 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 4.33 × 1.42 in)
305 × 180 × 230 mm
(12.01 × 7.09 × 9.06 in)
Weight 162 gr (5.7 oz) with batteries and antenna 280 gr (9.9 oz) with antenna and EBP-65 6.55 kg (14.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. PC-programmable. CTCSS. Submersible. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000045T ALINCO-DJ-V000017E DRAKE-000002-B