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

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  20m  15m  11m (CB)  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  6cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous 5 kHz to 995 kHz in increments of 5 or 12.5 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.49-30 MHz in 5 bands 0.5-600 / 800-1300 MHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   FM   W-FM   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity ? FM ≥ 0.5µV across most of the range
AM/SSB ≥ 3.0µV across most of the range
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 500 mW into 8 ohms @ 10% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - BNC SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 500Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 230/115 VAC 11-16 V DC from external supply 13.8 V DC
Current RX ? ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1940 and 1943 in USA Between 1986 and 199x Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 340 × 158 × 280 mm
(13.39 × 6.22 × 11.02 in)
150 × 55 × 180 mm
(5.91 × 2.17 × 7.09 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 6.80 kg (15.0 lbs) 650 gr (1.4 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories None 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? Signal strength meter
AF (Audio Frequency) Scan
Attenuator
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN NATIONAL-COMPANY-NC-000200-OLDER AOR-AR-002800 AOR-AR-ALPHA-II