The AR 108 is a palm sized scanner covering 108 to 180 MHz. It gives the best possible receive sensitivity in the CIVIL AIRBAND. The radio covers 108 - 180MHz with the VFO covering this frequency in two bands. 108 - 136.975MHz for the Civil Airband and 136 - 180MHz for the rest of the VHF band. The frequency is changed by use of the up/down buttons on the selected digit. It holds a 99 memory bank for each of these bands, which are set independently. There are also facilities to lock in frequencies in the memories to pass on.