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Handheld UHF Transceiver
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Base Station HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 70cm  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m 
Freq. stability ± 5 p.p.m. ? 1 p.p.m. per °C at 29.999 MHz
Tuning steps ? ? 10 Hz

Receiver

RX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? SSB/CW: 0.15 µV (10 dB S/N)
FM option: 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 13 kHz (-60 dB) ? Default: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 1.8 kHz @ -6 dB / 2.9 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.5 kHz @ -6 dB / 1.4 kHz @ -60 dB
Optional: 0.25 kHz @ -6 dB / 0.85 kHz @ -60 dB
FM: 2.4 kHz @ -6 dB / 3.36 kHz @ -60 dB
Filters ? ? Roofing: 2400 / 1500 Hz IF: 2400 / 1800 / 500 / 250 Hz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. 1st: 45.1 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? 1st: 9 MHz
2nd: 6.3 MHz (FM: 455 kHz)
Image rejection > 60 dB ? > 60 dB
Audio output > 200 mW (8Ω) ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm with less than 2% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range 430-440 MHz 10-80 m + WARC 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   CW   SSB   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK   RTTY  
RF-output High: 4 W, Low: ? mW Max 100 W 20-100 W

Connections

Antenna - SO-239 SO-239 + RCA (Tulip)
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - RS-232C

Electrical

Power req. 7-16V DC 13.8V DC 12-14 V DC
Current RX 20-50 mA 700 mA 1.5 A
TX Max 1.4 A 19 A max 20 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x in Japan Between 1981 and 198x Between 1988 and 19xx in USA
Dimensions 56 × 124 × 37 mm
(2.20 × 4.88 × 1.46 in)
241 × 94 × 293 mm
(9.49 × 3.70 × 11.54 in)
273 × 146 × 432 mm
(10.75 × 5.75 × 17.01 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) with EBP-50N 5.60 kg (12.4 lbs) 7.25 kg (16.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 40 channels in 1 bank(s) ? None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000493J KENWOOD-TS-000130S TEN-TEC-OMNI-V-000562