AOR AR8200 Mark III B - Government Version

[eorange]

So I was reading an ad in Pop Comm for this receiver. It stated the Government version can be equipped with an infrared-lit display, so that personnel with night vision goggles can still view the display without removing their NV goggles, waiting for their eyes to adjust, etc.

This ad, of course, now conjures up images of commando-style field agents, all armed with the AOR MKIIIB and their NV goggles, doing surveillance or waiting to pounce!

Question: does (our?) government actually buy and use these radios for that purpose? Why would AOR have to advertise that feature, on a gov't-only model, which is clearly targeted for the gov't anyway? Seems kind of weird.

Or are they hoping to build a gov't market that doesn't yet exist?

[Mike-KC8OWL]

Interesting .... Maybe night time surveillance work where a fixed freq. is not used or several freq.’s are being scanned??

[Fast1eddie]

Cannot remember where I read this-think it was a company in Northern Virginia that performs the IR mod and others for use in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[bcradio]

Ya never know... The Navy and Marine corps use the AOR AR3000 in the EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare aircraft:

http://www.vaq136.com/ea6bphotos/ea6b-263b.jpg

[bcradio]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...EAD_screen.jpg

[eorange]

Originally Posted by bcradio

Ya never know... The Navy and Marine corps use the AOR AR3000 in the EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare aircraft:

WOW - what a picture(s)! So there I have it - thanks for posting that.