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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop 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  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.53-2040 MHz 10-80 m 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.25 µV (10 dB S/N) 100kHz - 2.5MHz
SSB/CW: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.20 µV (10dB S/N)
2.5MHz - 1.8GHz
SSB/CW: 0.25 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 1.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
1.8GHz - 2.0GHz
SSB/CW: 0.75 µV (10dB S/N)
AM: 3.00 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 1.25 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 3.00 µV (12dB SINAD)
Selectivity ? SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB) 2.4 kHz/-6dB, 4.5 kHz/-60db (USB/LSB/CW)
12 kHz/-6dB, 25 kHz/-70dB (AM/N-FM)
180 kHz/-6dB, 800 kHz/-50dB (W-FM)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? >50 dB ?
Audio output ? ? 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m -
Modulations - CW   SSB   -
RF-output ? 50 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions ? 335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight ? 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features RS-232C. Optional slot cards include EM8200 (extra memory), CT8200 (CTCSS), RU8200 (20 sec recorder), TE8200 (tone eliminator), VI8200 (voice inverter) Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008200 BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S AOR-AR-003000AB