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Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  6m 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
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 2.4 / 6 kHz 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 Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB >50 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? 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 50 / 450Ω 50/75 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 1987 and 199x in Korea Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
335 × 138 × 350 mm
(13.19 × 5.43 × 13.78 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 13.50 kg (29.8 lbs) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Digital frequency readout
IF-shift
Noise blanker
RIT
Speech processor
VOX
RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 BANDO-TECHNIC-000005S AOR-AR-003000AB