Thanks.
New Malahit DSP2 multi band
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I’ve had some AOR receivers and am not impressed, they are not without problems. And at a tremendous cost compared to what is being discussed.
Yes, I was also wondering which AOR receiver the poster was referring to.
Not only do a lot of AOR radios have problems, the programming scheme the scanners had was awful compared to a GRE or Uniden built scanner. I know a lot of it had to do with patents, GRE and Uniden had all the easy stuff sewed up early on. I have an AOR 8000, and it's OK, nothing great, and it sits in a drawer in my storage room. I had an AOR 1000 for a while, and it would lock up and only a hard reset would bring it back to life. That wiped out all the programming, NO PC back then, and it locked up about every other day. When it worked, it had amazing sensitivity. And it had bad bad audio. My Pro-43, no audio powerhouse, was much better.
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Name a current AOR receiver that will do that. You can't. And any Chinese made AirSpy (under $200) will beat them both. I do not like that reality but that is at. I own ICOM, AirSpy, and AOR radios and that is the truth. An AirSpy HF+ Dicsocvery is on PAR with an ICOM R9500 (I own one) on HF (my tests and also same result by World Radio Television Handbook).
8200MKIII P25.
I own a bunch of SDRs and even the cheapest one will beat most conventional receivers, it's a matter of wanting something to carry with me and listen to in the car, because at my apartment, the RFI is just amazingly bad. I did the car SDR+Laptop thing for a while, it worked fine, but it was pretty inconvenient to be lugging the laptop, SDR, and mag mount antenna (or the long wire one) around and putting it into the trunk every time I got out of the car. And I had to go through several USB cables to find one, and it surprisingly turned out to be a Monoprice cheapy, that didn't radiate major levels of RFI itself that affected whichever SDR I was using. I ordered a new FM trap filter as I can't find the one I've had for years. I had it a couple of days ago! That's a problem with some of those small items. It will surely show up after the new one comes. I had a box of .22LR ammo that I owed a friend in a trade. I looked for months, and finally bought another one, at more than double the price the first one was. The day after it came, the old one suddenly was found. I gave him the new one.
I don't believe any AOR radio does trunking, so that makes it semi-useless IMHO.
I don't believe any AOR radio does trunking, so that makes it semi-useless IMHO.
I've ordered a DSP2 as shown in the video.
What model is your new one?
Rocky, please post pictures when you get it.
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I have the MKII and it sits in the box in a bathtub we do not use. Been there for 10? years. An AOR-3000 is better but I do not use it either. Neither will do trunking. No general coverage receiver than I am aware of will.
Should be the same as the one shown in tech minds video.
Verify it has the new software version. I almost bought one but holding off for a bit. I like the screen on it.
I have asked for conformation on firmware.
The reply so far was, they will check.
The reply so far was, they will check.
Just realized your in NZ. Shipping to you should be fairly quick unless your customs suck like USA.
Quickest delivery from them was 10 days, usually about 6 weeks.
It's the same one as in the video, firmware 2.40. I bought another FM filter, as it's needed for sure if I want to hear anything where I park at to watch trains, and sure enough, it came today, and about five minutes before I left for work, the old one, which is identical, suddenly appeared on my kitchen counter. I knew it would show up. Oh well, now I don't have to swap them anymore from radio to radio.
Just had to re-order from another seller.
First one wouldn't confirm firmware version and didn't actually have one in stock.
Will be interesting to see how well the refund service works on AliExpress
First one wouldn't confirm firmware version and didn't actually have one in stock.
Will be interesting to see how well the refund service works on AliExpress
That sucks. Hope you don’t get burned. Good luck on another order.
2nd radio was dispatched within one hour of the purchase.
Have just received refund for the first one.
Have just received refund for the first one.
That’s good news. Post pics when you get it. But do a review after a couple months.
