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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

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  2000m  13cm  ?
Freq. stability ? 0.01 p.p.m. with optional GPS unit ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C)
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz ? 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 40 kHz - 3150 MHz (cellular blocked for US consumer version) 25 MHz - 3 GHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM  
Sensitivity Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
AM (10 dB S/N, 6 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 4 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2 µV
1000-2400 MHz: 2.5 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
FM (12 dB SINAD, 15 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 0.7 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 1 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD, 200 kHz BPF)
25-2400 MHz: 1.8 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 3.2 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 5 µV
SSB (10 dB S/N, 3 kHz BPF)
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2 µV
0.1-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-2400 MHz: 0.3 µV
2400-3000 MHz: 0.5 µV
3000-3150 MHz: 1 µV
25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? AM (BW=6 kHz)
5.5 kHz (-3 dB), 6.9 kHz (-80 dB)
FM (BW=15 kHz)
14.2 kHz (-3 dB), 15.6 kHz (-80 dB)
W-FM (BW=200 Hz)
200 kHz (-3 dB), 250 kHz (-80 dB)
SSB (BW=3 kHz)
2.7 kHz (-3 dB), 3.1 kHz (-80 dB)
CW (BW=500 Hz)
380 Hz (-3 dB), 500 Hz (-80 dB)
N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
Filters ? 200 / 500 Hz / 3 / 6 / 15 / 30 / 100 / 200 / 300 kHz + IF shift ability 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz
Receiver system ? DSP Direct conversion (40 kHz - 25 MHz) Double conversion (25-200 / 420-3150 MHz) Triple conversion (200-420 MHz) ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 295 / 1704.5 MHz
2nd: 45 / 294.5 MHz
3rd: 45 MHz
1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 100 mW ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!)

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 10.7-16 V DC 12 - 16V DC
Current RX 80-100 mA 2 A 500 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 5.00 kg (11.0 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 45 channels/second 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS/DCS/DTMF
Auto-notch
NR and NB
USB and RS-232C ports
SD-card slot for digital recording and/or memory backup
45 MHz IF output
Spectrum scope
I/Q output option
Built-in voice-inversion descrambling
RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002000 AOR-AR-005001D AOR-SR-002200