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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  10m  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ± 10 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 ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 10-160 m (2m & 6m options) 118-136 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   FSK   GMSK  
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
AM (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 1.5 µV
50 MHz: 3 µV
144 MHz: 3 µV
SSB (10 dB S+N/N):
1.8-28 MHz: 0.25 µV
50 MHz: 0.5 µV
144 MHz: 0.5 µV
0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
(VHF sub-band: <0.28 µV for 12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB AM: 5 kHz (-6 dB), 12 kHz (60 dB)
FM: 20 kHz (-6 dB), 120 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 500 Hz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB)
12 kHz (-6 dB), 28 kHz (-40 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)
? 1st: 38.85 / 45.05 MHz
2nd: 450 / 455 kHz
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 450 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations - - FM   FSK   GMSK  
RF-output ? ? High: 2.5-6 / 2.2-6 W (depending on voltage), Low: 0.5 / 0.5 W, El: 50 / 50 mW

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SMA
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 12-15V DC or mains 6 or 9 V battery pack or 5.5-16V DC external
Current RX 50-150 mA Max 1 A 25-115 mA (depending on configuration)
TX - - 300 mA-1.7 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 1999 and 200x in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
54 × 1195 × 357 mm
(2.13 × 47.05 × 14.06 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) 340 gr (12.0 oz) with PB-38
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ? 200 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
? Alpha tags
Built-in TNC
APRS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 KENWOOD-R-000599D KENWOOD-TH-D000007E