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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 250 kHz Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2200 MHz 0.5-30 MHz 40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? 3 µV above 1500 kHz
8 µV for lower frequencies
Selectivity ? ? 2 kHz @ -2.5 dB
5 kHz @ -35 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC Built-in sweep -
Impedance 50 Ω 75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC (3R6) or 9-14V DC external 13.8V DC, mains or 8 x LR20 Mains
Current RX 95-135 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1999 and 200x Between 1976 and 19xx Between 194x and 194x in Great Britain
Dimensions 60 × 110 × 25 mm
(2.36 × 4.33 × 0.98 in)
? 520 × 305 × 342 mm
(20.47 × 12.01 × 13.46 in)
Weight 160 gr (5.6 oz) without batteries and antenna ? 22.90 kg (50.5 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232. Speech descrambler ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000005 DRAKE-SSR-000001 EDDYSTONE-000358/I