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Headless 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  6cm 
Freq. stability ≤ ± 1 p.p.m. after warm-up (5 minutes), ≤ ± 0.01 p.p.m. with an optional GPS unit ?
Tuning steps 10 Hz - 999.99 kHz 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500Hz / 1 / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 40 kHz - 3.15 GHz 9 kHz - 6000 MHz
Modulations AM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   APCO-25   AM   AM-sync   FM   N-FM   W-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DV   TV  
Sensitivity SSB/CW
0.04-0.1 MHz: 2.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 1.2 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 1.2 µV
25-1000 MHz: 0.3 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.3 µV
AM
0.04-0.1 MHz: 8.0 µV
0.1-1.8 MHz: 4.0 µV
1.8-25 MHz: 4.0 µV
25-1000 MHz: 2.0 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 2.5 µV
FM
25-1000 MHz: 0.7 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 0.7 µV
W-FM
25-1000 MHz: 1.8 µV
1-2.4 GHz: 1.8 µV
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Selectivity CW: 500Hz -3dB: > 380Hz -80dB: > 500Hz
AM: 6kHz -3dB: > 5.5kHz -80dB: > 6.9kHz
SSB: 3kHz -3dB: > 2.7kHz -80dB: > 3.1kHz
N-FM: 15kHz -3dB: >14.2kHz -80dB: > 15.6kHz
W-FM: 200kHz -3dB: > 200kHz -80dB: > 250kHz
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Filters 200Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 3kHz, 6kHz, 15kHz, 30kHz, 100kHz, 300kHz - Receiving mode dependent ?
Receiver system 40kHz: 25MHz Direct conversion 25MHz: 200MHz Double super-heterodyne 200MHz: 420MHz Triple super-heterodyne 420MHz: 3.15GHz Double super-heterodyne Triple-conversion superheterodyne (Zero-IF) DSP from IF to LF
IF-freqs. 1st: 294.5MHz / 1.7045GHz
2nd: 45.0MHz / 294.5MHz
3rd: 45.0MHz
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Image rejection > 70dB : 40kHz - 25MHz > 50dB : 25MHz - 2.0GHz > 40dB : 2.0GHz - 3.15GHz ?
Audio output > 2W at 8Ω load ?

Transmitter

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

Connections

Antenna N-type SO-239 + N-type
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω
Other - -

Electrical

Power req. 12V DC 13.8 V DC
Current RX 1.2 A max, 200 mA typical ?
TX - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2010 and 20xx in Japan Between 2017 and 201x in Japan
Dimensions 220 × 70 × 285 mm
(8.66 × 2.76 × 11.22 in)
420 × 130 × 308 mm
(16.54 × 5.12 × 12.13 in)
Weight 3.00 kg (6.6 lbs) 7.70 kg (17.0 lbs)
Form factor Headless Base Station

Other features

Memories 2000 channels in 40 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS / DCS
SD-card audio recorder
RS-232 and USB computer interface
Optional LAN adapter
45 MHz IF output
I/Q output option
Software defined receiver USB 2.0
Waterfall and spectrum display
6" TFT
TV reception (PAL, SECAN, NTSC)
I/Q stand alone recording and playback
10 Digital modes : TETRA,P25(Phase 1+2),DMR, Mototrbo,dPMR,NXDN,D-CR,D-STAR,Alinco,Yaesu.
Automatic detection of digital modes during scan and search.
Up to 2MHz wide digital I/Q output
Accessories ? ?
MPN AOR-AR-002300 AOR-AR-ALPHA-II