AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???

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AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???

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how good a scanner is a old AR AR2001, have been told that this scanner is very good on civil and military air bands not very good as a scanner but very good receiver on a fixed frequency ???
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Sounds like a fair assessment of a properly aligned one.

It only has about 30 channels and the membrane keyboard tends to wear out

All the AOR base scanners have excellent AM performance when correctly peaked / aligned
quite sensitive too - the one I used to have was better than the specs

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It was an exceptional scanner, and mine, from memory had twenty channels. It was sensitive and selective, and while the membrane keypad was simply horrible, as a scanner it was pretty decent. I wish I still had mine!
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what about the AOR AR-2002 scanner is this better, worse ,or much the same but with more range than the AR-2001 ???
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WARLOCK wrote:what about the AOR AR-2002 scanner is this better, worse ,or much the same but with more range than the AR-2001 ???
I have an AOR AR2002, It's needing some cleaning and a bit of repair done to it. However it is a very good scanner and when on AM, usually picked up the signal quicker than my Uniden BCT 15! Once I have had it repaired, it'll be used as an airband monitor. 20 channels all in however. Can't exactly remember the frequency range on it as I have packed it away, but I was impressed with it.
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Of the two I personally would go for the 2002 as it has a VFO-style encoder, I much prefer this than just up/down keys, and it has 800Mhz-1300Mhz if that's any use to you. On the downside the fairylight S-meter on the 2002 will send you into an epileptic fit, it's horrible.
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Cheers Admiral! That is precisely the frequency range!
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The membrane buttons on the 2001 were horrible compared to the 2002!
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