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

General

HAM bands 2m  1.25m  70cm  33cm  ? 70cm 
Freq. stability ? ? ± 2.5 p.p.m.
Tuning steps ? ? 5 / 6.25 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 125 / 200 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 68-88 / 108-174 / 220-390 / 406-470 / 830-950 MHz (Europe) 25-54 / 108-174 / 216-512 / 764-960 / 1240-1300 MHz (cellular blocked in the US) 400-479 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   APCO-25   AM   FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
Sensitivity Better than 0.3 µV (12 dB SINAD) ? FM/NFM: 0.18 µV (12 dB SINAD)
DV: 0.28 µV (1% BER)
Selectivity ? ? FM: 55 dB
NFM/DV: 50 dB
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Triple conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 380.8 MHz
2nd: 21.4 MHz
3rd: 455 KHz
?
Image rejection 30 dB @ 120 MHz, 11 dB @ 935 MHz ? ?
Audio output ? ? 400 mW

Transmitter

TX-range - - 420-450 MHz
Modulations - - FM   N-FM   GMSK   DV  
RF-output ? ? 5 W max

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12-14.4V DC 5.5-7.4 V DC (Alkaline or battery pack) 10-16 V DC external
Current RX ? ? 200-450 mA
TX - - 2.5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 19xx and 19xx Between 2007 and 200x Between 2009 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions ? 185 × 55 × 135 mm
(7.28 × 2.17 × 5.31 in)
58 × 95 × 26 mm
(2.28 × 3.74 × 1.02 in)
Weight ? 790 gr (1.7 lbs) 225 gr (7.9 oz) with BP-271 and antenna
Form factor Base Station Mobile Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) @ 15 channels/second 1800 channels in 1 bank(s) 1252 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? CTCSS / DCS
Multi trunking, tracks Motorola type I/IIIii analog/digital, EDACS and LTR
Spectrum sweeper
Weather alert / SAME / FIPS / Skywarn
PC-programmable.
D-Star concept
Built-in GPS
CTCSS / DTCS
Micro SD card slot
128×96 dot-matrix display
IPX7 waterproof
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-000950 GRE-/-GRECOM-PSR-000600 ICOM-ID-000031A