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Handheld 2m Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
High performance Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 kHz Continuous 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 136-174 MHz 14-21 KHz / 0.085-30.3 MHz 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations FM   N-FM   AM   CW   SSB   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? ?
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 26 kHz (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB)
? ?
Filters ? ? 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne 19 tubes ?
IF-freqs. 1st: 21.7 MHz
2nd: 450 KHz
? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   N-FM   - -
RF-output High: 5 W, Medium: 2 W, Low: 0.5 W ? ?

Connections

Antenna SMA - BNC
Impedance 50Ω 60Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.2V DC battery pack (no external DC port) Mains Mains
Current RX 30-250 mA ? ?
TX Max 1.5 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2008 and 20xx Between 196x and 196x in Germany Between 198x and 199x in USA
Dimensions 58 × 108 × 36 mm
(2.28 × 4.25 × 1.42 in)
550 × 350 × 380 mm
(21.65 × 13.78 × 14.96 in)
483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
Weight 245 gr (8.6 oz) with batteryEBP-72 and antenna 35.00 kg (77.2 lbs) 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 200 channels in 1 bank(s) None None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS/DCS and DTMF. ? Audio and RF/IF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-000175E SIEMENS-000745-E310 WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2