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HF Receiver
Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

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  6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0-32 MHz 0.53-2040 MHz (will tune down to 100 kHz - cellular blocked in the US) 0.1-2036 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM-sync   N-AM   AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-FM   W-FM   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)
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 ? 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)
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 ? Triple conversion superheterodyne Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 754.850 or 243.850 MHz
2nd: 45.05 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 800 mW (8 Ohms) max @ 10% THD 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna - BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 10.8-16V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 1 A 400 mA typical, 40 mA standby ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 200x Between 2000 and 200x Between 1989 and 199x
Dimensions 238 × 77 × 191 mm
(9.37 × 3.03 × 7.52 in)
155 × 57 × 195 mm
(6.10 × 2.24 × 7.68 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) 2.00 kg (4.4 lbs) (MW bar aerial included) 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)
Form factor Unknown Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 400 channels in 1 bank(s) 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) @ 37 channels/second 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port. Built-in ferrite bar for MW reception. Slot card options include speech descrambler, extra memory channels, tone eliminator and more. RS232 port
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-007030+ AOR-AR-008600 AOR-AR-003000AB