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Desktop Shortwave 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  2000m  13cm  9cm 
Freq. stability ±5 ppm. -5° to 130° F. ? ?
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz 5 / 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 0.03-30 MHz 26-88 / 108-180 / 380-514 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   AM-sync   FM   CW   USB   LSB   AM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity 10 dB S+ N/N
SSB: < 5µV 540-1800 kHz
SSB: < 0.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
AM: <15µV 540-1800 kHz
AM: <1.5µV 1.8-30 MHz
? AM (BW=6 kHz, 10 dB S/N)
0.1-1.7 MHz: 5 µV
1.7-25 MHz: 5 µV
25-1030 MHz: 2.3 µV
1030-3300 MHz: 1.3 µV
FM (BW=15 kHz, 12 dB SINAD)
25-480 MHz: 2.5 µV
480-1696 MHz: 0.8 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
W-FM (12 dB SINAD)
25-1696 MHz: 1.3 µV
1696-3300 MHz: 1.5 µV
Selectivity 2.4 / 6 kHz ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 1st: 56.655 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
? ?
Image rejection >70 dB ? ?
Audio output 1.8 Watts 8 Ohms ? ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC Built-in telescopic + KOK1 (Motorola/DIN41585) SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 / 450Ω 50/75Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or 8×AA cells 12 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX ? ? 1.5-2.2 A
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1994 and 1997 in Japan Between 198x and 198x in Japan Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions 250 × 88 × 240 mm
(9.84 × 3.46 × 9.45 in)
203 × 89 × 229 mm
(7.99 × 3.50 × 9.02 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.9 lbs) ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 16 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 8 channels/second 2000 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 70 channels/second
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Software defined receiver
USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-003030 J.I.L.-SX-000200 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B