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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Linear Amplifier

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ?
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz 0.030-30 MHz ?
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity AM (10 dB S/N)
0.1-50 MHz: 0.89 µV
50-1300 MHz: 0.45 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.17 µV
470-1300 MHz: 0.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
76-470 MHz: 0.5 µV
470-1300 MHz: 0.7 µV
SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-160 m + WARC 160-15 m
Modulations - AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   CW   RTTY  
RF-output ? AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 1200W SSB, 1000W CW, both input

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 2.4-3V DC (battery) or 5.4-6V DC external 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) Mains
Current RX 26-140 mA 2 A max ?
TX - 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x Between and
Dimensions 58 × 99 × 32 mm
(2.28 × 3.90 × 1.26 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
348 × 162 × 362 mm
(13.70 × 6.38 × 14.25 in)
Weight 220 gr (7.8 oz) with EBP57 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 19.50 kg (43.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. Bug detector. Alpha tags. Digital recording/playback DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000008 ICOM-IC-000718 DRAKE-L000075