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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 130-174 MHz 100 kHz - 30 MHz 500 kHz - 30.6 MHz in 5 bands
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AM   CW  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity 12 kHz (-6 dB), 26 kHz (-60 dB) ? ?
Filters ? 6 / 2.4 kHz (optional 1.8 / 0.5 / 0.25 kHz) ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
? 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 500 mW ? 1 W

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz (Europe) 10-160 m + WARC -
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   -
RF-output High: 5 W (@ 13.8 VDC), Low: 0.8 W 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 70Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.2V DC (EBP-65 Ni-MH pack) or 7-16V DC external 13.8V DC Batteries
Current RX 25-250 mA ? 2.5 A
TX Max 1.4 A ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2007 and 200x Between 199x and 199x Between 1949 and 195x in Great Britain
Dimensions 58 × 110 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 4.33 × 1.42 in)
? ?
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) with antenna and EBP-65 ? ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) 62 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features CTCSS. Submersible. Speech processor
Noise blanker
Dual VFO
TX split / RX split
7 Character alpha tags
Clock
RS-232
Automatic volume control
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-V000017E TEN-TEC-PARAGON-II-(000586) EDDYSTONE-000710