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

General

HAM bands ? 6m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? within ± 150 Hz
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz ? 0.1 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 50-54 MHz in 8 bands 0.5-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   All mode   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
Sensitivity Low Band AM: 10dB S/N 0.7 - 1.0µV
N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.5µV
W-FM: 20dB S/N 1.0µV
High band : N-FM: 12dB Sinad 0.7 - 1.0µV
? 0.5-2 MHz
SSB/CW: 4 µV
AM: 15 µV

2-30 MHz
SSB/CW: 0.4 µV
AM: 1.5 µV
Selectivity ? ? 2.4 kHz (-6 dB)
5.0 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 45.055 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output 100 mW ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 50-54 MHz in 8 bands 2-30 MHz
Modulations - All mode   AM   CW   USB   LSB  
RF-output ? 10 W SSB/CW: 5/10 W, AM: 2/4 W

Connections

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

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external Mains / 12 V DC 13.8V DC
Current RX 80-100 mA ? 0.5 A
TX - ? 3.3 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 197x and 197x in Japan Between 198x and 19xx in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
? 87 × 242 × 277 mm
(3.43 × 9.53 × 10.91 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries ? 3.50 kg (7.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Mobile

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002000 NATIONAL-/-PANASONIC-RJX-000661 YAESU-FT-000070