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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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Communications 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  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  23cm  10m  4m 
Freq. stability ? ? ≤ 2.5 p.p.m. after 5 min. warm-up
Tuning steps ? 50 Hz - 1000 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1900 MHz 0.1-2036 MHz 0.1-1300 MHz
Modulations All mode   AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   SSB   USB   DMR   D-STAR   P25   APCO-25   GMSK  
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)
530 kHz - 18 MHz: 0.71 µV (12 dB SINAD)
18 - 1300 MHz: 0.32 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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)
?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple / Quadruple (W-FM) conversion Direct, double or triple conversion depending on selected range
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 1.705 GHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Internal speaker 0.7 W into 8 ohm with 10% distortion 1 W internal speaker, 3.5mm jacks

Transmitter

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

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC internal or 9-16V DC external 13.8V DC 10.8-16 V DC
Current RX 20-160 mA ? 750 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 19xx Between 1989 and 199x Between 2014 and 20xx
Dimensions 69 × 153 × 40 mm
(2.72 × 6.02 × 1.57 in)
138 × 80 × 200 mm
(5.43 × 3.15 × 7.87 in)
178 × 50 × 215 mm
(7.01 × 1.97 × 8.46 in)
Weight 350 gr (12.4 oz) incl. NiCads 1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) 1.50 kg (3.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 400 channels in 4 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second 2000 channels in 40 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? RS232 port Micro-USB for receiver control with command list
Support for the following digital modes:
- DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
- dPMR (Digital Private Mobile Radio)
- D-Star
- APCO-25
- NXDN
- Yaesu Digital (System Fusion)
- Alinco Digital
- Digital-CR
- AOR G4GUO (as used in ARD9000/9800)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-008000 AOR-AR-003000AB AOR-AR-DV000001