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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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Handheld 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 0.5-1900 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz 0.5-3000 MHz (less cellular)
Modulations All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25  
Sensitivity ? 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)
AM (10 dB S/N)
0.53-2 MHz: 3.5 µV
2-30 MHz: 2.5 µV
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
N-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 0.85 µV
470-1040 MHz: 0.9 µV
1040-2040 MHz: 9 µV
2040-3000 MHz: 25 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
30-470 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? 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)
SSB/NAM
3 kHz (-6 dB), 9 kHz (-60 dB)
AM/S-FM
9 kHz (-6 dB), 20 kHz (-40 dB)
W-AM/N-FM
12 kHz (-6 dB), 25 kHz (-40 dB)
W-FM
150 kHz (-3 dB), 360 kHz (-20 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 9-16V DC external 13.8V DC 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 12V DC external
Current RX 20-160 mA ? 25-190 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x Between 2012 and 200x
Dimensions 69 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.72 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
61 × 143 × 39 mm
(2.40 × 5.63 × 1.54 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) incl. NiCads 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 217 gr (7.7 oz) without batteries and antenna
Form factor Handheld Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 1000 channels in 20 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port CTCSS
Voice recording on micro SD card
USB interface
Analog voice scramler decoder (inverter)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008000 AOR-AR-003000AB AOR-AR-008200D