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

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-30 MHz 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   FSK   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   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
0.5 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N) AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz SSB/FSK: 2.2 kHz (-6 dB), 4.4 kHz (-60 dB)
CW: 0.5 kHz (-6 dB), 1.5 kHz (-60 dB) with optional CW filter
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection >70 dB 50 dB ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m + WWV 15.0 MHz -
Modulations - CW   SSB   FSK   -
RF-output ? SSB: 300 W (PEP input), CW: 200 W (input), FSK: 100 W (input) ?

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells Mains 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - ? -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
320 × 140 × 320 mm
(12.60 × 5.51 × 12.60 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) ? 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 KENWOOD-TS-000900 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B