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Handheld VHF/UHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  11m (CB) 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ?
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz Channelized

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 0.030-30 MHz 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
Sensitivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
?
Selectivity ? SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ?
Audio output ? More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 / 430-440 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 26.965-27.405 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   -
RF-output High: 5/5 W (depending on voltage), Low: ?/? W AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W 4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 7.2-12V DC 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) ?
Current RX ? 2 A max ?
TX Max 2.4 A 20 A max ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx
Dimensions 57 × 169 × 32 mm
(2.24 × 6.65 × 1.26 in)
240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
?
Weight 440 gr (15.5 oz) approx. 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) ?
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Citizen Band (27Mc)
Features CTCSS. Twin RX DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options AM
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000560E ICOM-IC-000718 CHEROKEE-CM-000005