AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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 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
Regards
BB
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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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.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 ???
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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
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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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
Cheers Admiral! That is precisely the frequency range!
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Re: AOR AR-2001 scanner any good ???
The membrane buttons on the 2001 were horrible compared to the 2002!