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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ± 0.5ppm(0 °C (+50°C) ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.03-200 / 400-470 MHz 10-160 m
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N)
0.5-1.8 MHz: 4 µV
1.8-29.9 MHz: 2 µV
50-54 MHz: 1 µV
144/440 MHz: 1 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.5 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.25 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.18 µV
SSB/CW (10 dB S/N)
1.8-29.9 MHz: 0.15 µV
50-54 MHz: 0.12 µV
144/440 MHz: 0.11 µV
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Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
>6 kHz (-6 dB), <15 kHz (-60 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <20 kHz (-60 dB)
SSB (BW=2.4 kHz)
>2.4 kHz (-6 dB), <3.9 kHz (-60 dB)
**CW (BW=500 Hz)
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? HF: >70 dB 50/144/440 MHz: >65 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm 10-160 m
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.8/0.8 W FM/SSB/CW/RTTY: 2-100 / 2-100 / 2-50 / 2-35 W, AM: 1-40 / 1-40 / 2-20 / 2-14 W 200 W (PEP input)

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC 13.8V DC 12V DC
Current RX 25-100 mA 1.3-1.6 A ?
TX Max 1.5 A 22 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 2005 and 200x Between 197x and 197x in USA
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
167 × 58 × 180 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.09 in)
107.95 × 146.05 × 355.6 mm
(4.25 × 5.75 × 14.00 in)
Weight 315 gr (11.1 oz) 2.30 kg (5.1 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 503 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS 2" (5 cm) TFT display
Audio equalizer
Built-in voice synthesizer
CI-V
CTCSS/DTCS
Detachable control head
IF-DSP
VHF channels NTSC-M and PAL-B TV receiver on some versions
Voice recorder
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000593J ICOM-IC-007000 TEN-TEC-OMNI-D-(000546)