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

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  2m 
Freq. stability ± 2.5 p.p.m. 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 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.1-2150 MHz (less cellular in the US) 136-174 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM  
Sensitivity 15 dBμ (12 dB SINAD) 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 6 kHz (-6 dB), 15 kHz (-60 dB) SSB/CW ? kHz, AM/N-FM ? kHz, W-FM ? kHz -6 dB ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 39.15 MHz
2nd: 450 kHz
1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
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Image rejection > 60 dB ? ?
Audio output 300mW at 10% THD into 8Ω% ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - 144-146 MHz
Modulations FM   - FM  
RF-output 4/4.5 W (VHF/UHF) ? High: 5.5 W, Low: 0.5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 7.2-9V DC
Current RX 26-80 mA 50-150 mA ?
TX Max 1.8 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2004 and 200x in Japan Between 2001 and 200x Between 2001 and 200x
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
54 × 132 × 35 mm
(2.13 × 5.20 × 1.38 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) with standard battery 320 gr (11.3 oz) 350 gr (12.4 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) 107 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 10F3 digital voice option (EJ-47U)
CTCSS / DCS
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
CTCSS & DCS (DTMF and voice-scrambler option)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000520J ALINCO-DJ-X002000 ICOM-IC-T000003H