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Handheld HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless Shortwave receiver
Handheld Aviation Receiver

General

HAM bands ? ? 160m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps user-selectable in any steps of 5 kHz and 12.5 kHz up to 995 kHz kHz 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 5 / 10 kHz 9 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-1300 MHz 0.1-30 MHz 150-2194 kHz / 76-137 / 144-174 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   W-FM   All mode   AM   FM   W-FM  
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
0.3 µV CW/SSB 1-30 MHz (10 dB S+N/N)
0.64 µV AM (80% mod @ 1 kHz) 1-30 MHz (12 dB S+N/N)
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? 5 selectable from 34 built in ?
Receiver system ? Digital Signal Processing ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? > 60 dB ?
Audio output 100 mW 1 Watts at 4 Ohms 400 mW

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna BNC RCA (Tulip) BNC + Built-in ferrite bar
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 4.8-6V DC (4R6/AA) or 11-15V DC external 11-13V DC 1.2 A or mains 6V DC (4 × LR6/AA or external adapter)
Current RX 80-100 mA ? ?
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 199x and 1994 Between 2004 and 200x in USA Between 199x and 1996 in Japan
Dimensions 65 × 170 × 35 mm
(2.56 × 6.69 × 1.38 in)
159 × 76 × 165 mm
(6.26 × 2.99 × 6.50 in)
90 × 179 × 50 mm
(3.54 × 7.05 × 1.97 in)
Weight 300 gr (10.6 oz) without batteries 1.14 kg (2.5 lbs) 590 gr (1.3 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 20 channels/second 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 40 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? PBT
DSP
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Accessories ? ? -
MPN AOR-AR-002000 TEN-TEC-RX-000320(D) SONY-AIR-000008A