If you want a scanner that is both medium to small ,with the performance of
some big HF ham tranceivers/receivers.
Then you wouldnt go wrong with the AOR 3000/A, this is such a powerfully
sensitive reciever,that I believe it was used by millitary in the gulf ect.
Both the size & portability, and big antenna handling make this an all rounder.
Signal meter,audio quality ,ssb stability,400 ch multitude of step sizes 12v or mains.For me this can't be beat, with this scanner.
Or why not the yupiteru mvt-7100 , HF in your pocket scanner, sit on a beach ,dangle 8-10ft of wire along the sand,brings the world alive.
Excellent audio from a small scanner,hf vhf uhf -ssb,am,fm.wfm-1000 channel
fast scan.
Aircraft hundreds of miles away heard on extended telescopic antenna, couple
a voice squelch circuit to the yupi or aor for atc monitoring on HF ,without
all the static crashes,and you have a nice setup.
Both scanners have discriminator pins,for data audio, paging ,rtty ect
I have tried them all,and if we are looking for an increase in size, then
on the HF reception an Icom R-71 blows you away with quality in the
shack (old but the best).
Regards.