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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Mobile QRP HF/50/144/430 MHz D-Star Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-2040 MHz 0.05-30 MHz depending on coil pack 0.5-148 / 430-450 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? FM: ± 5 kHz
N-FM: ± 2.5 kHz
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Single conversion RF Direct Sampling (Down conversion sampling for >25 MHz)
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? Requires external output transformer of 7,000 ohms impedance and external speaker. ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm (also 4 m for Europe)
Modulations - - AM   FM   N-FM   USB   LSB   D-STAR   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 5-10 W

Connections

Antenna BNC - BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ?V DC ? 13.8V DC external or 7.2 V DC Li-Ion battery
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 1934 and 1943 in USA Between 2020 and 202x in Japan
Dimensions ? ? 200 × 80 × 85 mm
(7.87 × 3.15 × 3.35 in)
Weight ? ? 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 8000 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 10000 channels in 1 bank(s)
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) ? 4.3" touch screen color display
Spectrum scope and waterfall
Micro SD card slot
Voice recorder
Built-in Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS (with logger)
Accessories ? ? Not specified
MPN AOR-AR-008200-MK2 NATIONAL-COMPANY-HRO-M ICOM-IC-000705