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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver

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  ?
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ? ?
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) 0.01-30 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   CW   SSB  
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
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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)
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Filters ? ? 0.3 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 2.3 / 4 kHz
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne ? Triple conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
? 1st: 50MHz
2nd: 5645kHz
3rd: 4805kHz
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 12-15V DC or mains 13.8V DC or mains
Current RX 50-150 mA Max 1 A 2A max
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 1976 and 1979 in Japan Between 1982 and 1985
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
270 × 140 × 310 mm
(10.63 × 5.51 × 12.20 in)
346 × 117 × 318 mm
(13.62 × 4.61 × 12.52 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 5.70 kg (12.6 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 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
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Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 KENWOOD-R-000599D DRAKE-R-004245