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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF Spectrum Display
80-10 m Amateur Converter

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  None  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? -
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
? 80-10 m
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   PSK31/63   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? -
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? -
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? -
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? -
Image rejection ? ? -
Audio output ? ? -

Transmitter

TX-range - ? -
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   PSK31/63   All mode  
RF-output ? ? -

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external ? Mains
Current RX 39-150 mA ? ?
TX - ? ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 2010 and 201x in USA Between 1956 and 195x in USA
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
? 146 × 133 × 119 mm
(5.75 × 5.24 × 4.69 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ? ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 ELECRAFT-P000003 RME-MC-000055