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

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 100 Hz ?

Receiver

RX-range 76.1-170 / 380.2125-450 MHz 1.5-30 MHz 150-350 / 550-1500 kHz / 1.5-22 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Single conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? 465 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? requires headphones / external speaker 0.75 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 1.5-30 MHz -
Modulations - AM   CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 40 W, 25 W, 5 W (PEP) ?

Connections

Antenna SMA BNC + Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 75/400Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2.4-3V DC (batteries), 4.5-6V DC external 20-32V DC (28V nominal) 6×U2 (1.5V) battery cells
Current RX Max 80 mA 30 W ?
TX - 140 W -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 197x and 20xx in MEL Communications Ltd in Crawley, England Between 196x and 197x in Great Britain (Birmingham)
Dimensions 58 × 100 × 19 mm
(2.28 × 3.94 × 0.75 in)
230 × 220 × 336 mm
(9.06 × 8.66 × 13.23 in)
317 × 162 × 203 mm
(12.48 × 6.38 × 7.99 in)
Weight 150 gr (5.3 oz) 26.00 kg (57.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Marine / Navy
Features ? ? AFC
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000001-WAVE-CATCHER CLANSMAN-VRC-000321 EDDYSTONE-EB-000035-MK-III-(STATESMAN)