The AR 8200 MK3
quickly established itself as the ‘top notch’ hand portable receiver providing unsurpassed features. As technology has advanced, so the AR8200 has evolved through the AR8200 MK2 drawing from the successful award winning AR5000 base receiver and more recently from the AR8600 MK2 transportable receiver, resulting in the AR8200 MK3 (with 3GHz coverage). Along with an extended receive frequency coverage, the illumination has been further enhanced and high capacity NiMH batteries supplied.
A Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) forms the heart of the AR8200 MK3, this ensures high stability with minimal internal spurii... the TCXO replaces a crystal reference as commonly employed in other receivers and is usually only seen in top of the range (more expensive) table-top models such as the AR5000 and AR7030. Performance too has seen the AOR R&D team fine tuning the front end switching circuitry design for best sensitivity and strong signal handling over the extremely wide coverage of 530kHz to 3000MHz (all mode receive without gaps).
A telescopic whip aerial on a swivel base is supplied with a small medium wave bar aerial. The illumination of the LCD and keypad is bright and switchable in a number of ways to help conserve battery power for extended operation. This includes the ability to AUTO switch the illumination when the keypad is touched or when a transmission opens the squelch... useful for night time operation. Continuing the strive for even longer operation between charges, the AR8200 MK3 is supplied with 4 x AA size 1500mAhr NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries, again reflecting improvements in modern technology. The list of features is vast, large multi-section backlit LCD, side mounted keys and rotary tuning control, alpha-numeric text comments.
| Frequency Range |
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530 kHz to 3000 MHz * (Actual frequency input 100 kHz to 3000 MHz, performance between 100 kHz to 530 kHz is not guaranteed). * Cell blocked in the USA for FCC rules | ||||||
| Receive Modes | WFM, NFM, SFM, WAM, AM, NAM, USB, LSB, CW | |||||
| Sensitivity | 500 kHz ~ 1.9 MHz | |||||
| AM 3.5 µV (10dB S/N) | ||||||
| 1.9 MHz ~ 30 MHz | ||||||
| AM 2.5 µV (10dB S/N) | ||||||
| 30 MHz ~ 470 MHz | ||||||
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AM 1.5 µV (10dB S/N) NFM: 0.85 µV (12dB SINAD) WFM: 1.5 µV (12dB SINAD) | ||||||
| 470 MHz ~ 1040 MHz | ||||||
| NFM: 0.9 µV (12dB SINAD) | ||||||
| 1040 MHz ~ 2040 MHz | ||||||
| NFM: 9.0 µV (12dB SINAD) | ||||||
| 2040 MHz ~ 3000 MHz | ||||||
| NFM: 25 µV (12dB SINAD) | ||||||
| Selectivity | ||||||
| SSB/NAM | 3kHz (-6dB) | 9kHz (-40dB) | ||||
| AM/SFM | 9kHz (-6dB) | 20kHz (-40dB) | ||||
| WAM/NFM | 12kHz (-6dB) | 25kHz (-40dB) | ||||
| WFM | 150kHz (-3dB) | 360kHz (-20dB) | ||||
| Power requirements | 4 x AA internal batteries or 12V to 16V d.c. external supply 190mA (nominal) consumption | |||||
| Dimensions | 61(W) x 143(H) x 39(D) mm approx excluding projections | |||||
| Weight | 340g approx including batteries and aerial | |||||
| Operating temperature | -5°C to + 50°C | |||||
| Audio output | 120mW (8 OHM) THD 10% | |||||
| Memory channels | 1,000 (20 banks) | |||||
| Select scan channels | 50 | |||||
| Priority channels | 1 | |||||
| Search banks | 40 | |||||
| PASS channels | 50 per search bank + 50 for VFO search | |||||
| Scan/Search Rate | 37 steps per second (nominal) | |||||
