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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
HF/VHF/UHF SDR-receiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  2m  1.25m  70cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ?
Tuning steps ? 10 / 100 Hz / 1 / 10 / 100 kHz / 1 MHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-3000 MHz 0.5-30 / 64-260 / 437-512 MHz
(0.15-500 kHz with limitations)
Modulations AM   N-AM   W-AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity 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
HF: 0.125 µV (MDS)
108-150 MHz: 2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
UHF: 11.2-2.8 µV (12 dB SINAD)
Selectivity 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
HF: 500 Hz
108-150 MHz: 15 kHz
UHF: 15 kHz
Filters ? ?
Receiver system ? DSP / Single / Double conversion
IF-freqs. ? ?
Image rejection ? ?
Audio output ? 0.8 W into 8 ohms

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC + Hi-Z
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 12V DC external 6-18 V DC or internal Li-ion battery
Current RX 25-190 mA ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2012 and 200x Between 2013 and 20xx in USA by Aerostream
Dimensions 61 × 143 × 39 mm
(2.40 × 5.63 × 1.54 in)
143 × 62 × 155 mm
(5.63 × 2.44 × 6.10 in)
Weight 217 gr (7.7 oz) without batteries and antenna 794 gr (1.8 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 20 bank(s) 64 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS
Voice recording on micro SD card
USB interface
Analog voice scramler decoder (inverter)
OLED-display, 1.5" (64*128 pixels)
I-Q sampling / 32-bit DSP
HF-Spectrum Scope
PC programmable
Mini-USB jack (software update and battery charging)
Accessories ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008200DU COMMRADIO-CR-000001