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Handheld UHF Transceiver
Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Dual-band FM 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  2m  70cm 
Freq. stability ? 5 ppm ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 2.5 / 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 420-474 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Cellular blocked in the US
65-108 / 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   AM   FM   W-FM   FM   N-FM  
Sensitivity -15 dBu or better (12 dB SINAD) ? ≤ 0.2 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 6 kHz (-6 dB), 14 kHz (-60 dB) AM/FM: 12 kHz @ -6dB, 30 kHz @ -60 dB
W-FM: 150 kHz @ -6dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple-conversion Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 248.45 MHz
2nd: 38.85 MHz
3rd: 450 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? 65/60 dB
Audio output ? ? 700 mW

Transmitter

TX-range 420-450 MHz - 136-174 / 400-480 MHz
Modulations FM   - FM   N-FM  
RF-output High: 2 W (6 VDC), 400 mW (2.4 VDC), Low: 500 mW (6 VDC), 150 mW (2.4 VDC) ? 8 W max

Connections

Antenna SMA SMA SMA
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2R6/AA or Li-Ion pack. Also 3-6V DC external 3.6-4.5V DC internal (3R6) or 4.5-16V DC external 7.4 V DC Li-ion, 1800 mAh
Current RX ? 39-150 mA 380 mA max, ≤ 75 mA in standby
TX 0.45-1 A - 1.4 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x Between 2001 and 200x in Japan/Philippines Between 2011 and 201x in China
Dimensions 57 × 98 × 28 mm
(2.24 × 3.86 × 1.10 in)
56 × 102 × 23 mm
(2.20 × 4.02 × 0.91 in)
102 × 51 × 12 mm
(4.02 × 2.01 × 0.47 in)
Weight 162 gr (5.7 oz) with batteries and antenna 145 gr (5.1 oz) without batteries 214 gr (7.6 oz)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 700 channels in 10 bank(s) 128 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS. PC-programmable. Bug detector
Speech descrambler
Internal ferrite bar for MW/SW reception
W-FM Stereo with headphones
LED Flashlight
CTCSS / DCS
DTMF
1750 Hz
VOX
PC programmable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DJ-S000045T ALINCO-DJ-X000003 BAOFENG-BF-F000009-V2+