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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? Withing 1 kHz during the first hour after 1 minute of warm up. Withing 100 Hz during any 30 minute period after warm up. +/- 0.5 p.p.m. over operating temperature
Tuning steps ? ? 10, 100, 1000 Hz, speed sensitive, VFO Lock

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV at 10 dB S+N/N Typical receiver sensitivity: < 1 µV
SSB Better than 0.7uv (0.5 µV Typ), 2.4 kHz, 10 dB SINAD
AM : Better than 4 µV, (2.0 µV Typ) 30% Mod, 6 kHz BW, 10 dB SINAD
Selectivity ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 3.6 kHz (-60 dB) ?
Filters ? ? 100 built-in DSP filters from 100 – 6000 Hz BW Standard 2.5 kHz roofing filter included
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 8.83 MHz
2nd: 445 kHz
1st: 9.0018 MHz
2nd: 22.2 kHz
3rd: 0 Hz (DSP)
Image rejection ? > 60 dB 74 dB typical
Audio output ? 1.5 W @ 8 ohm 1.3 Watts into 8 ohm, <3% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 10-160 m + WARC 160-10 m except 60 and 12 m
Modulations FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   USB   LSB   FSK   AFSK  
RF-output High: 2.5-6 W (depending on voltage), Low: ? W 100 W max 1 - 10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50/75Ω 50 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains 9.5-14 V DC
Current RX ? 32 W 550 mA
TX ? 295 W 3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 1981 and 19xx Between 2011 and 20xx
Dimensions ? 333 × 133 × 333 mm
(13.11 × 5.24 × 13.11 in)
165 × 57 × 193 mm
(6.50 × 2.24 × 7.60 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.63 kg (3.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories ? ? 100 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? VOX
ACG
ALC
RIT
Attenuator
Noise blanker
Tri-color display
DSP
Noise Reduction / Noise Blanker
AGC
RIT / XIT
2 VFO displays
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000120E KENWOOD-TS-000830M TEN-TEC-000539