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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Station Monitor

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands 1.8-54 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   CW   All mode  
Sensitivity ? ? 1/4" vertical deflection at 10 W (80-6m)
3/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (80-6m)
1/4" vertical deflection at 100 W (160m)
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Triple conversion superheterodyne Superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - ?
Modulations - - All mode  
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC Proprietary (military) SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50/75Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC, 4 AA batteries ? Mains
Current RX ? ? 22 W max
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 1985 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 64 × 178 × 45 mm
(2.52 × 7.01 × 1.77 in)
460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
286 × 111 × 308 mm
(11.26 × 4.37 × 12.13 in)
Weight 340 gr (12.0 oz) 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) 4.80 kg (10.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features VFO, 10 search limits, 100 search-pass, attenuator, delay/hold, rotary control BFO ?
Accessories ? LS-3 external speaker ?
MPN AOR-AR-001000-(XLT) MILITARY-BC-000344 HEATHKIT-HO-005404