A new wide-band receiver from AOR was released in late 1996. There is a multitude of scanning and searching functions. There is a 10.7 MHz IF output suitable for feeding a 10 MHz chunk of spectrum to a spectrum analyzer.
Computer control extends to typically analog functions such as the volume and squelch modes.
Clearly the new ICOM IC-R8500 and this receiver are direct competitors. When we can acquire a receiver and put it through our laboratory tests, we'll have more to say about this receiver and its shortwave performance below 30 MHz.