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Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? ?
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps 5 kHz 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 144-146 MHz 0.03-30 MHz 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
Sensitivity 0.3 µV (20 dB SINAD) 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz 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 ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
200 Hz / 500 Hz / 3 kHz / 6 kHz / 15 kHz / 30 kHz / 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output 1.5 W or more ? ?

Connections

Antenna 3.5mm jack BNC N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 9.6 V DC (8 Ni-Cd cells) 13.8V DC 10-16 V DC
Current RX 17 mA ? 200 - 1500 mA
TX 400 mA - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1979 and 198x Between 199x and 199x in Great Britain Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 60 × 165 × 40 mm
(2.36 × 6.50 × 1.57 in)
483 × 89 × 320 mm
(19.02 × 3.50 × 12.60 in)
220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight ? 5.58 kg (12.3 lbs) 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PC-control 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-000240 LOWE-HF-000235 AOR-AR-005700D