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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF 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  70cm  23cm 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ± 2.5 ppm
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 ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 2 m / 70 cm 0.531-1300 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM  
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 ? AM/FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 35 kHz (-60 dB)
W-FM: 130 kHz (-6 dB), 300 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne (AM/FM) Single conversion superheterodyne (W-FM)
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
? 10.7 MHz (W-FM)
1st: 50.65 and 50.75 MHz (AM/FM)
2nd: 450 kHz (AM/FM)
Image rejection ? ? 60 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 2 m / 70 cm 144-146 / 430-440 / 1260-1300 MHz
Modulations - FM   FM   N-FM  
RF-output ? ? 0.2 - 5 W depending in settings and voltage

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 13.8V DC 7.4V DC (Li-Ion pack) or 6V DC (4*R6/AA) or 4.5-16V DC external
Current RX 50-150 mA ? 200 mA
TX - ? 2 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 199x and 199x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
? 61 × 106 × 38 mm
(2.40 × 4.17 × 1.50 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) ? 296 gr (10.4 oz)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ? 1000 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
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
Detachable head. Twin RX Twin RX (full duplex operation support)
CTCSS / DCS
VOX
Ferrite bar for MW reception
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 ALINCO-DR-000599 ALINCO-DJ-G000007E