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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile VHF/UHF 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  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 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) 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   USB   LSB   FM  
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 ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 814.5 /304.34 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz (10.7 MHz W-FM)
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz - 144-146 / 430-440 MHz
Modulations FM   - FM  
RF-output High: 5/5 W, Low: 0.8/0.8 W ? High: 50/35 W, Low: 5/5 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 6-16V DC 4.8-6V DC internal or 10-16V DC external 13.8V DC
Current RX 25-160 mA 50-150 mA Max 1.2 A
TX Max 1.4 A - Max 11.5 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan Between 2001 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
57 × 150 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 5.91 × 1.10 in)
140 × 47 × 176 mm
(5.51 × 1.85 × 6.93 in)
Weight 280 gr (9.9 oz) 320 gr (11.3 oz) 1.10 kg (2.4 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS & DCS Theft alarm and mosquito repel feature. Digital voice board option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) 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
9K6 packet ready. Twin RX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000596E ALINCO-DJ-X002000 ALINCO-DR-000605E