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

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  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? 10 p.p.m. (-10 to +50 °C)
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 1MHz / 1kHz / 100Hz / 10Hz 0.05 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 / 500 / 1000 kHz kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 10-160 m (0.5-30 MHz continuous) 0.05-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US)
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
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
1.6-30MHz: 1µV antenna input voltage results in 10dB S/N 0.050-0.531MHz (AM): 5dBμ (10dB S/N)
0.531-1.62MHz (AM): 2dBμ (10dB S/N)
1.62-76MHz (AM): -5dBμ (10dB S/N)
1.62-76MHz (SSB,CW): -10dBu (10dB S/N)
1.62-76MHz (FM): -15dBμ (12dB SINAD)
76-108MHz (WFM): -3dBμ (12dB SINAD)
108-136MHz (AM): -6dBμ (10dB S/N)
136-174MHz (FM): -14dBμ (12dB SINAD)
175-221.75MHz (WFM): -6dBμ (12dB SINAD)
221.8-336MHz (AM): 0dBμ (10dB S/N)
336-475.75MHz (FM): -13dBμ (12dB SINAD)
475.75-770MHz (WFM): -13dBμ (12dB SINAD)
770-1260MHz (FM): -9dBμ (12dB SINAD)
1260-1300MHz (FM): -6dBμ (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ? AM/FM: -6dB/12 kHz or more, -60 dB / 35 kHz or less
SSB/CW: -6dB/2 kHz or more, -50 dB / 7.5 kHz or less
WFM: -6dB/180 kHz ±40 kHz, -20 dB / 470 kHz or less
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? AM/SSB/CW/FM: Triple-conversion WFM: Double-conversion AM/FM: Double-conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
? AM/SSB/CW/FM
1st: 243.95MHz
2nd: 45.055MHz
3rd: 455kHz
W-FM
2nd: 10.7MHz
AM/FM
1st: 51.65MHz
2nd: 450kHz
Image rejection ? Greater than 60 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 100 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - 0.5-30 MHz -
Modulations - CW   USB   LSB   -
RF-output ? 100-120W -

Connections

Antenna BNC - SMA + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external Mains 5.4 ~ 6V DC, Standard battery: 4.5V (AA battery), 3.7V (Lithium ion battery)
Current RX 50-150 mA 3 A 130-180 mA
TX - 20 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1979 and 1983 in USA Between 2010 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
394 × 190 × 457 mm
(15.51 × 7.48 × 17.99 in)
61 × 106 × 38 mm
(2.40 × 4.17 × 1.50 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 27.20 kg (60.0 lbs) 235 gr (8.3 oz) (antenna and lithium ion battery pack inclusive)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ? 1200 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication 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
Noise blanker (optional)
Speech processor (optional)
Keypad (optional)
- Inversion scramble decoder option (DJ-X11E only)
- CTCSS/DCS
- Bug detector
- IQ signal output that
can be used with 3rd-party software to operate as a software defined radio
- 10.7 MHz IF-output
- Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 COLLINS-HF-000380 ALINCO-DJ-X000011