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HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Handheld VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver

General

HAM bands ? 2m  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 ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 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 0.5-1300 MHz 144-146 MHz 0.01-3500 MHz (cellular blocked)
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   FM   AM   AM-sync   FM   W-FM   CW   SSB   TV  
Sensitivity ? 0.3 µV (20 dB SINAD) 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 ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 144-146 MHz -
Modulations - FM   -
RF-output ? 1.5 W or more ?

Connections

Antenna - 3.5mm jack SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 2.4-3V DC 9.6 V DC (8 Ni-Cd cells) 13.8V DC
Current RX Max 130 mA 17 mA 1.5-2.2 A
TX - 400 mA -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 19xx Between 1979 and 198x Between 2006 and 200x
Dimensions ? 60 × 165 × 40 mm
(2.36 × 6.50 × 1.57 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight ? ? 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories 500 channels in 25 bank(s) ? 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-000016 AOR-AR-000240 AOR-AR-ALPHA-B