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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF Transceiver
Handheld 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  6m  2m  2m 
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
50-54 / 136-174 MHz 140-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   CW   SSB   FM  
Sensitivity ? SSB: 0.2 µV (10 dB S+N/N @ 2.4 kHz BW) ?
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
3rd: 14.5 KHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 / 144-148 MHz 144-148 MHz
Modulations - FM   CW   SSB   FM  
RF-output ? 1-20/1-20 W 5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external 12-14V DC ?V DC
Current RX 39-150 mA 400 mA (no signal) ?
TX - Max 6 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 2000 and 200x Between 2000 and 200x
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
216 × 70 × 222 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 8.74 in)
58 × 95 × 25 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 0.98 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ? 220 gr (7.8 oz)
Form factor Handheld Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 209 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
CTCSS encoder. IF-DSP with 35 built-in filters. Band scope.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 TEN-TEC-000526-(6N2) YAESU-VX-000150