AOR AR Alpha B

bearcat012 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 04:41 PM

Looks Like AOR has released a Blocked version of this Radio. Any big spenders interested?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/1036.html

If I had 10k laying around, I would own one.

freqhunter · #2 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 07:01 PM

More proof AOR is out in LALA Land!

I am sure market research showed hobbyists are standing in line waiting to spend 1Ok on something like this.

ix9 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 11:45 PM

indeed i dont see the point. a netbook and a QS1R is 1/10th the price of this, and a lot more flexible

ix9 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 11:46 PM

the sad thing is im sure our tax dollars are buying these things, only to maybe monitor one frequency

freqhunter · #5 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 11:50 PM

Hey the Fed has 700 billion just burning a hole in thier pocket!!

commscanaus · #6 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 08:01 AM

Mmmmmmm- Lets see-

$10.000 USD buys a receiver that:

Will have useless analog TV reception within 2 years.
No P25 trunking reception- or any trunking protocol for that matter.
A desktop footprint that makes my Yamaha 7.1ch home theatre amp look like an Ipod.
Knowing AOR- a user manual a thick as an NYC phonebook and a confusing user interface with sixty level deep menu trees.

And of course- anything useful (like conventional P25 decode) will be an expensive "option".

Sorry AOR- apart from needing a new car- I would rather save that sort of cash toward an IC-R9500.

Commscanaus.

scancapecod · #7 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 08:57 AM

An AOR AR5000 receiver with an SDR-14 from RFSpace is likely a much superior combination....for a lot less $$. AOR makes some great equipment, and some serious duds as well. I expect that the receiver in this one is on a par with that of the 5000, but I owned one of their SDU5600's for a short time (the spectrum display unit that is almost certainly integrated into this receiver) and it was horrible for weak signals.

If I can't drive it for that price...forget it. That goes for the Icom as well.

Butelsoftware · #8 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 09:34 AM

The AR-Alpha is not designed for the hobby market, it is designed for the professional market and is a FFT receiver with amazing scan speed (up to 100MHz/sec) without sensitivity loss.
Also the bandscope covers up to 1 GHz and is nothing like the slow SDU5600. P25 is included, it is an option for the Icom, The Icom is not a FFT receiver.

Gommert
www.butelsoftware.com

freqhunter · #9 (**permalink**) 10-18-2008, 10:07 PM

Any way you slice it they have lost touch with reality! AOR........ let me give you the 411, no one has 10k to plop down on this baby! No matter how cool it is.

If it was not for the hobbyists why would they bother releasing a blocked and unblocked version?

I am sure the "professional market" is standing in line to buy it as well!