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Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

Current value
USD 6,729 ~ USD 9,805
USD 7
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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  2000m  13cm  9cm  6cm  ?
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 9 kHz - 6000 MHz 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 15 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 10 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 7 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 4 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 2 µV
25-2750 MHz: 1 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 1.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 4 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 0.4 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.6 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 0.6 µV
3150-4600 MHz: 0.5 µV
4600-5800 MHz: 0.7 µV
5800-6000 MHz: 1.5 µV
WFM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2750 MHz: 1.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 2.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 3.5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.05 MHz: 6 µV
0.05-0.06 MHz: 4 µV
0.06-0.07 MHz: 3 µV
0.08-0.1 MHz: 1.5 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 0.7 µV
25-2750 MHz: 0.5 µV
2750-3000 MHz: 0.7 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - -
Modulations - -
RF-output ? ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 + N-type N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8 V DC 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? 200 - 1500 mA
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2017 and 201x in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
CTCSS/PL, DCS and DTMF-decoder
DSP with auto-notch and noise reduction
Dual watch (One frequency below 25 MHz and one above 25 MHz) or ±5 MHz offset RX (VHF/UHF only)
Five VFO's
RS-232C and USB
Real-time FFT spectrum display (400 kHz to 10 MHz width)
SD memory card slot for storing received audio and extended memory management
Video output
Voice inversion descrambler
Accessories ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-ALPHA-II AOR-AR-005700D