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

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  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ?
Freq. stability 5 ppm ? ≤ 1 kHz per °C temperature change after 15 minutes warm-up
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
10-80 m 150-180 / 180-220 / 220-270 / 270-330 / 330-400 / 400-500 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   FM  
Sensitivity ? ? Better than 10 µV (S/N 15 dB)
Selectivity AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
? 20 kHz @ -6 dB / 50 kHz @ -20 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
? 1st: 50 MHz
2nd: 5.2 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 2.5 W

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 100 W ?

Connections

Antenna SMA - -
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external Mains Mains (100; 200; 230 V)
Current RX 39-150 mA ? 90 VA
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 1959 and 19xx in USA Between 1964 and 1969 in Great Britain
Dimensions 56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
? 425 × 222 × 346 mm
(16.73 × 8.74 × 13.62 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries ? 23.60 kg (52.1 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 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
? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 COLLINS-KWM-000002 EDDYSTONE-000770U-/-MKII