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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF 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  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability 10 ppm (-10 to +50C.) ±0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
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) 0.03-60 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
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
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Selectivity SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ?
Filters ? 15 / 6 / 3 kHz, 600 Hz (300 Hz optional)
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion Super-heterodyne + DSP
IF-freqs. 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
1st: Main: 9 MHz, Sub: 40.455 MHz
2nd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM), Sub: 455 kHz
3rd: Main: 30 kHz (SSB/CW), 24 kHz (FM/AM)
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 MHz
Modulations - AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? 200 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external Mains
Current RX 50-150 mA ?
TX - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x Between 2009 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
462 × 135 × 389 mm
(18.19 × 5.31 × 15.31 in)
Weight 320 gr (11.3 oz) 21.00 kg (46.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ?
Usage 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
DSP
Dual-RX
RS-232 computer interface (no USB!)
Accessories ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X002000 YAESU-FTDX005000