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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Professional Airband Transceiver

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  2000m  2m  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ± 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 0.05 / 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 500 kHz ? 8.33 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 118-174 MHz 108-137 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM  
Sensitivity 0.1-5 MHz: 1.5V AM, 0.6V CW/SSB
5-900 MHz: 1.0V AM, 0.5V CW/SSB
900-2150 MHz: 1V AM, 2V NFM, 4V W-FM
? ?
Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
? 46.35 MHz / 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz 118-137 MHz
Modulations - FM   AM  
RF-output ? High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W 6 W PEP, 1.8 W carrier

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 13.8V DC 7.2 V DC (BP-288), 11.0 V DC (External DC Jack)
Current RX 50-150 mA Max 600 mA 90-500 mA
TX - Max 11 A 1.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
59 × 148 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.83 × 1.26 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 384 gr (13.6 oz) with antenna and BP-288
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) 61 channels in 1 bank(s) 300 channels in 15 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication
Features Two-mode bug detector
Instant search function locks onto the nearest, strongest signal
Frequency counter
160 seconds of digital recording
Speech descrambler (excluded in US version) CTCSS
Low power transceiver function
? Bluetooth
GPS
IP57 dust-protection and waterproof construction
2.3-inch Large High Visibility LCD
VOR Navigation Functions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 KENWOOD-TM-000261A ICOM-IC-A000025NE