Alinco DJ-V17E - VHF 2m Handheld Transceiver

Customer Reviews

An excellent budget 2m radio Review by Carlo Borsattino

Star Rating

An excellent budget 2m radio, very well suited to paragliding use - highly recommended!

Big pluses of this radio include:

• 2m VHF Handheld Transceiver (HT);
• Excellent value for money;
• Rugged polycarbonate materials;
• Water/weather resistant to IPX7 European test specification standard;
• Resists rain, dirt and dust;
• Fairly compact (medium-sized);
• Capable of 5W transmit power;
• Waterproof single mic/speaker jack;
• Ultra-flexible antenna with SMA connector;
• Good speaker (clear and loud);
• Supplied with Ni-MH battery as standard.

I highly recommend that you buy the following accessories to use with this radio, which will help you get the best out of it:

• Alinco EDC-144UK (rapid battery charger)
• Alinco EBP-66 (2000mAh Ni-MH battery pack)
• Alinco EDH-34 (dry cell battery case)

Battery life
• With standard EBP-65 battery pack: Good.
• With EBP-66 battery pack: Excellent.

Charging times (with standard wall charger):
• Standard EBP-65 battery pack: 10 hours.
• EBP-66 battery pack: 30 hours.

Charging times (with EDC-144UK rapid charger):
• Standard EBP-65 battery pack: 1.5 hours.
• EBP-66 battery pack: 3.5 hours.

The dry cell battery case (EDH-34) is simply an empty case that you can put AA sized batteries in, in case your battery pack(s) has gone flat and you don't have access to a power supply (for e.g. when on a big walk-out after cross-country flight).

NOTE : If you are wanting to use a standard type headset (for example Sandpiper headsets or ViXEN-FLYBUBBLE headsets) with the Alinco DJ-V17E handheld transceiver radio, you will need to buy an Alinco EDS-10 speaker microphone cable adaptor so you can connect the headset to the Alinco DJ-V17E.

(Posted on 07/06/2010)