his AOR wide band scanning receiver is renowned for it’s high standards of performance and range of facilities. Although offering a long list of facilities and operating modes, the receiver remains reasonably easy to operate. The display often provides 'prompts’ for selected operations. All information such as frequency, mode, bank etcetera is presented in an easy to see Liquid Ciystal Display (LCD). The display is provided with a lamp for night time use to increase visibility. The receiver has an exceptionally wide frequency coverage from 5 MHz to 550 MHz then from 800 MHz to 1300 MHz (1.3 GHz!!!). The modes available are AM, FM (narrow), FM (wide) and SSB (USB, LSB, CW) when using the Beat Frequency Oscillator (BFO). All available modes may be selected at any frequency within the receiver's coverage. Although carefully designed, this receiver (like all receivers) suffers from a degree of internal noises known as spurii. They are a product of the receiver’s circuitiy and do not represent a fault. The aerial connection is of the standard BNC type allowing straight forward connection to almost any aerial. There is also a 20dB attenuator selectable from the rear panel to increase versatility especially when listening to shortwave. There is a massive ‘Elephant memory’. Storage is by EEPROM (no batteries required). There are 1984 memories held as 62 banks of 32 and 16 additional search banks which store mode, frequency limits and increment. The scan speed is ‘turbo charged’ scanning upto 36 channels or increments per second. The internal microprocessor sorts frequencies into numerical order within a bank and scans them in strict order. This ensures the fastest possible speed with the highest probability of signal locking. The receiver may be plugged directly into any Personal Computer via the RS232 9 pin serial socket. Optional software is available for the IBM-PC range of computers (or you can write you own, further information is given at the end of this manual).