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HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

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  ?
Freq. stability ? ? 300 Hz
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.1-2000 MHz 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) 15/30/40 m
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity ? 530 kHz - 1.9 MHz
AM: 3.5 µV (10dB S/N)
1.9 MHz - 30 MHz
AM: 2.0 µV (10dB S/N)
30 MHz - 470 MHz
AM: 1.0 µV (10dB S/N)
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12dB SINAD)
W-FM: 1.0 µV (12dB SINAD)
470 MHz - 820 MHz
N-FM: 0.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
820 MHz - 2040 MHz
N-FM: 2.5 µV (12dB SINAD)
0.2 µV (10 dB S/N)
Selectivity ? SSB/N-AM: 3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60dB)
AM/S-FM: 9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40dB)
W-AM/N-FM: 12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40dB)
W-FM: 150 kHz (-3 dB), 380 kHz (-20dB)
SSB: 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
CW: 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
1st: 5 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? >70 dB
Audio output ? 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 15/30/40 m
Modulations - - CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? ? 100 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10.8-16V DC Mains
Current RX Max 1.5 A 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby ?
TX - - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 199x Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Korea
Dimensions 220 × 90 × 240 mm
(8.66 × 3.54 × 9.45 in)
155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
330 × 145 × 340 mm
(12.99 × 5.71 × 13.39 in)
Weight 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 1500 channels in 15 bank(s) 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features 3.1" color LCD. Spectrum display, RS232C, DSP & IR remote controller. RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-007000 AOR-AR-008600 BANDO-TECHNIC-000003