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Desktop Shortwave receiver
2 meter transceiver
HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  ?
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz Crystal controlled 1 Hz to 999.999 kHz (2 Hz above 3 GHz)

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 144-148 MHz 0.009-3700 MHz (not guaranteed below 40 kHz)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   TV  
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
0.4 µV for 20 dB quieting 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 2.4 / 6 kHz 7 kHz @ -6 dB, 16 kHz @ -50 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 Double conversion superheterodyne Single (9 kHz-25 MHz) / double (25-220 MHz) / triple (220-360 MHz) conversion
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
10.7 MHz / 455 kHz 1st: 1704.5 / 294.5 / 295 MHz
2nd: 45.05 / 294.5 / 45 MHz
3rd: 45.05 MHz
Image rejection >70 dB 45 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms 3 W @ 10% THD, 5 W max. ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-148 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 20 W ?

Connections

Antenna BNC SO-239 N-type
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells 11-14.5 V DC 10-16 V DC
Current RX ? 180-800 mA 200 - 1500 mA
TX - 5 A max -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 197x and 197x Between 2013 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
? 220 × 97 × 304 mm
(8.66 × 3.82 × 11.97 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 12 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 ? ? 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-003030 REGENCY-HR-000212 AOR-AR-005700D