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

General

HAM bands ? 70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 0.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.522-1000 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   AM   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? -16 dBu for 12 dB SINAD SSB
0.5-1.8 MHz: 3 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 1 µV
AM
0.5-1.8 MHz: 10 µV
1.8-30 MHz: 4 µV

All 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? More than 6 kHz (-6 dB), Less than 15 kHz (-60 dB) SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB) / 4.5 kHz (-60 dB)
AM: 6 kHz (-6 dB) / 18 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 71.75 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? > 70 dB
Audio output ? ? 2 W (8 ohm, 10%), 4 W (4 ohm, 10%)

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz (Europe)
440-450 MHz (USA)
1.6-30 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? High: 50 W, Low: 5 W SSB: 100 W, AM: 40 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.5V DC 13.8V DC 13.8 V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? < 800 mA (squelched) 1.2 A
TX - 3.5-10.5 A 20 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 20xx and 20xx
Dimensions 58 × 90 × 15 mm
(2.28 × 3.54 × 0.59 in)
140 × 40 × 154 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.06 in)
178 × 58 × 228 mm
(7.01 × 2.28 × 8.98 in)
Weight 85 gr (3.0 oz) 860 gr (1.9 lbs) 2.70 kg (6.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Mobile

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector. Speech descrambler ? Detachable front panel
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000002 ALINCO-DR-000430 ALINCO-DX-000701