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

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.5-30.1 MHz 25-512 / 758-824 / 850-869 / 894-960 / 1240-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked
Modulations FM   AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? ? 25-28 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
28-54 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
54-72 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
72-76 MHz FM: 0.2 µV
76-108 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
108-137 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
137-174 MHz NFM: 0.2 µV
174-216 MHz WFM: 0.5 µV
216-225 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
225-378 MHz AM: 0.3 µV
380-512 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
758-960 MHz NFM: 0.3 µV
1240-1300 MHz NFM: 0.4 µV
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 27 tubes Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 380/265 MHz
2nd: 10.8 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 3 watts nominal (@ 10% THD)

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.8/0.8 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC Mains 11-16.6V DC
Current RX 25-160 mA ? ?
TX Max 1.4 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 195x and 196x in West Germany Between 2009 and 201x
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
? 183 × 56 × 150 mm
(7.20 × 2.20 × 5.91 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) 65.00 kg (143.4 lbs) A true boatanchor! 1.55 kg (3.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Unknown Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) None 2500 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS Theft alarm and mosquito repel feature. Digital voice board option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) ? CTCSS/DCS
"Close Call" RF capture technology
Trunktracker IV, tracks Motorola I, II & IIi, EDACS and LTR
Band scope
Multi-color display backlight
NAC-decoding
Individual channel volume offset
RS-232C
GPS-enabled for location-related scanning
Turbo-Search (300 chn/sec)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000596E ROHDE-SCHWARZ-EK-000007 UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BCD000996XT