Everywhere I read online, whether that be reviews for the AOR AR8000, information on great sites like rigreference.com, rigpix.com and even the official AOR AR-8000 manual all state the same thing. That this wide range receiver has a range of 500kHz to 1900MHz, with an acceptable input of 100kHz. So that’s fine at the lower end. But my AOR 8000 goes up to 1950MHz. Not sure if this is a modification, or a different frequency range readout due to it probably being made for a different country. I have no idea. But everything else seems to check out. CB bands are at 27MHz where they are supposed to be, HAM radio bands, Airband etc all correct. And thankfully, there are no error codes. Watch the video below.

The radio does seem to stop at frequencies over 1900MHz, but there is nothing there to be heard. Birdies maybe. Or maybe not, as up this high is usually a ghost town. I never hear much up there, on any scanner or SDR. Does anyone know of a modification that extends the range from 1900MHz – 1950MHz, or have an explanation for this. Could it be that AOR didn’t really specify the top frequency properly and 1900MHz really meant 1950MHz, but they just generalised at 1900MHz. Or is it the same as the lower end where AOR state “an acceptable input of 100kHz”. But in this case its 1950MHz.