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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop UHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/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  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  70cm  10m 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
430-440 MHz 0.1-30 / 36-76 / 108-174 / 420-512 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC/ 50-54 / 144-146 / 430-440 MHz (also 4 meters in the UK)
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? Max 10 W FM/SSB/CW: 100/100/50/50 W, AM: 25/25/12.5/12.5 W

Connections

Antenna SMA N-type SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external 13.8V DC or mains 13.8V DC
Current RX 39-150 mA Max 800 mA Max 2 A
TX - Max 3.5 A Max 22 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1980 and 19xx Between 1998 and 2005 in Japan
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
241 × 111 × 264 mm
(9.49 × 4.37 × 10.39 in)
260 × 86 × 270 mm
(10.24 × 3.39 × 10.63 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries 7.20 kg (15.9 lbs) 7.00 kg (15.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
? 9K6 packet ready
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 ICOM-IC-000451E YAESU-FT-000847