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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Base Station VHF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  6m  2m  1.25m  4m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 kHz ? 5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 130-174 MHz 30-330 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 / 806-956 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? 29 - 54: 0.4V
118 - 136: 0.8V
136 - 174: 0.4V
406 - 512: 0.5V
806 - 956: 1.0V
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 26 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? ± 12,5 kHz / ± 75 kHz / ± 150 kHz ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double (older) or triple (newer) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
1st: 15.7 MHz
2nd: 1650 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 500 mW External speaker or headphones 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 MHz (USA) - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 5 W (@ 13.8 VDC), Low: 0.8 W - ?

Connections

Antenna SMA - BNC + NMO
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - Older model has BNC connector, newer has NMO (Motorola)

Electrical

Power req. 7.2V DC (EBP-65 Ni-MH pack) or 7-16V DC external Separate PSU 13.8V DC
Current RX 25-250 mA ? 700 mA max
TX Max 1.4 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 1959 and 197x in West Germany Between 1988 and 200x
Dimensions 58 × 110 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 4.33 × 1.42 in)
570 × 450 × 410 mm
(22.44 × 17.72 × 16.14 in)
176 × 61 × 167 mm
(6.93 × 2.40 × 6.57 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) with antenna and EBP-65 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 100 channels in 5 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. Submersible. ? Trunktracker III, tracks Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems
SAME w/FIPS
CTCSS / DCS
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-V000017T ROHDE-&-SCHWARZ-ESG UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000760XLT