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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Mobile 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 
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
0.15-30 / 88-108 MHz 50-54 / 136-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   W-FM Stereo   CW   SSB   FM   CW   SSB  
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
Modulations - - FM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 1-20/1-20 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 ?V DC 12-14V 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)
214 × 128 × 38 mm
(8.43 × 5.04 × 1.50 in)
216 × 70 × 222 mm
(8.50 × 2.76 × 8.74 in)
Weight 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries 840 gr (1.9 lbs) without batteries ?
Form factor Handheld Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 700 channels in 10 bank(s) ? 100 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.
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-X000003 SANGEAN-ATS-000505 TEN-TEC-000526-(6N2)