AOR 7030 on Ebay
 

Mint radio with noise blanker/notch filter and 400 memory mods.

at quite a nice price too !

I was very tempted !!!



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Mint radio with noise blanker/notch filter and 400 memory mods.

The highest bid is now well over $800 with a couple of hours to go.
While I'd love to have a 7030, I personally wouldn't spend close to a
grand on one that's already been in use for several years--and of
course, Ebay is a risky forum. I'd rather just take the plunge for a
new one.

Still, I hope it's a good unit and that the winning bidder sees many
years of good service from it.

Steve

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The highest bid is now well over $800 with a couple of hours to go.
While I'd love to have a 7030, I personally wouldn't spend close to a
grand on one that's already been in use for several years--and of
course, Ebay is a risky forum. I'd rather just take the plunge for a
new one.

Still, I hope it's a good unit and that the winning bidder sees many
years of good service from it.

Steve


Just as I suspected Steve. You're a good person :)

BTW, what gets me about the 7030 is it doesn't have sync unless you upgrade
to it if I'm not mistaken. And yeah, if you're going to drop over 8 bills
already, spring for a new one.

Lucky

BTW, what gets me about the 7030 is it doesn't have sync unless you
upgrade
to it if I'm not mistaken. And yeah, if you're going to drop over 8
bills
already, spring for a new one

Hello "Lucky'"

The AOR AR7030 Plus does indeed have a synchronous circuit fitted as
standard. It is the notch filter/noise blanker that is optional. The
four standard filters offered are excellent and well-chosen.

Really the radio (Plus version) needs only one option: that NB7030
notch filter/noise blanker. The TW7030 whip antenna (just to get you
started; it actually works quite well) is nice to have also and is very
inexpensive. By the way, this whip antenna, which is sold by Universal,
also works with any receiver with a SO-239 input.

If you are in the least interested in the radio you can "research" it
he

http://www.aoruk.com/ar7030.htm

The site has everything you would need to know (including the
instruction manual).

Personally I think this radio is the finest short wave radio being
manufactured today. It is certainly the best one I have ever
experienced or owned. Larry Magne, in PASSPORT, says its owners
consider it to be the "ne plus ultra" of radios.

I positively agree with that statement.

Best,

Joe

Joe Analssandrini wrote:
snip

The AOR AR7030 Plus does indeed have a synchronous circuit fitted as
standard. It is the notch filter/noise blanker that is optional. The
four standard filters offered are excellent and well-chosen.
snip

I like my 7030+ but I'd have dumped it if I couldn't put in filters
better suited to my tastes. The stock ones are narrow enough to give
muddy sound or wide enough to let you hear hets from an adjacent channel.

Fortunately, it's easy to find and add filters, and if you choose ones
with steep skirts you can get beautiful audio without losing performance.

Also, the sync detector is included on all 7030's. Lucky was probably
confusing it with some Lowe receivers.

Hi Mark,

When did you buy your set? I got mine last year; I did have the factory
replace the 2.2 kHz SSB filter with their 2.4 kHz (nominal - measures
2.2) crystal filter (and what a performer THAT is!) - I also had the
daughter board fitted - but I find the other filters to be first-rate.
I had the 6.5 kHz filter (from the basic 7030) added in also, so I have
5 filters, which is all I personally need. But I have found that the
audio is superb with the 5.5 kHz ceramic filter, the one I use most of
the time with sync on, and, of course, using the crystal filter when
ECSS reception is desired or when listening to sideband, I find the
sound is as good as regular AM. I do not know the skirt measurements
for my particular unit, but I rarely hear interference that I can't get
rid of and I almost never hear heterodynes.

But you're right - if the stock filters don't satisfy you, it is VERY
easy to replace them with ones you prefer.

That's just another nice feature of this radio.

Best,

Joe

__________________________________________________ ________

I like my 7030+ but I'd have dumped it if I couldn't put in filters
better suited to my tastes. The stock ones are narrow enough to give
muddy sound or wide enough to let you hear hets from an adjacent
channel.

Fortunately, it's easy to find and add filters, and if you choose ones
with steep skirts you can get beautiful audio without losing
performance.

I have the older non-plus version of the 7030; it also has the sync detector
as standard. Overall, not a bad receiver. It has become my bedtime radio of
the week.

Pete

"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
oups.com...
BTW, what gets me about the 7030 is it doesn't have sync unless you
upgrade
to it if I'm not mistaken. And yeah, if you're going to drop over 8
bills
already, spring for a new one

Hello "Lucky'"

The AOR AR7030 Plus does indeed have a synchronous circuit fitted as
standard. It is the notch filter/noise blanker that is optional. The
four standard filters offered are excellent and well-chosen.

Really the radio (Plus version) needs only one option: that NB7030
notch filter/noise blanker. The TW7030 whip antenna (just to get you
started; it actually works quite well) is nice to have also and is very
inexpensive. By the way, this whip antenna, which is sold by Universal,
also works with any receiver with a SO-239 input.

If you are in the least interested in the radio you can "research" it
he

http://www.aoruk.com/ar7030.htm

The site has everything you would need to know (including the
instruction manual).

Personally I think this radio is the finest short wave radio being
manufactured today. It is certainly the best one I have ever
experienced or owned. Larry Magne, in PASSPORT, says its owners
consider it to be the "ne plus ultra" of radios.

I positively agree with that statement.

Best,

Joe

I did a Google search on this Harris
receiver.............................cool looking unit!

Pete

"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message
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Joe Analssandrini wrote:

Hi Mark,

When did you buy your set? I got mine last year; I did have the factory
replace the 2.2 kHz SSB filter with their 2.4 kHz (nominal - measures
2.2) crystal filter (and what a performer THAT is!) - I also had the
daughter board fitted - but I find the other filters to be first-rate.
I had the 6.5 kHz filter (from the basic 7030) added in also, so I have
5 filters, which is all I personally need. But I have found that the
audio is superb with the 5.5 kHz ceramic filter, the one I use most of
the time with sync on, and, of course, using the crystal filter when
ECSS reception is desired or when listening to sideband, I find the
sound is as good as regular AM. I do not know the skirt measurements
for my particular unit, but I rarely hear interference that I can't get
rid of and I almost never hear heterodynes.

But you're right - if the stock filters don't satisfy you, it is VERY
easy to replace them with ones you prefer.

That's just another nice feature of this radio.

Best,

Joe


I've had my radio for about 3 years, and I bought it second hand.

The filters I use are crystal ones made by filtronetics for the Racal
6790/gm. I created a shelf on the inside of the back panel with some
angle aluminum and flat stock to hold them, and they're wired in with
RG-174.

The one marked 3.24khz reads 2.9 and has a shape factor of 1:1.33 and the
one marked 6.8 reads 6.1 I don't know what it's shape factor is, but I'm
sure it's steep. I experimented with a few other filters before deciding
on the 6.8

With those filters the sound is very close to what I get from my Harris
RF-550.

Regards,

Mark

Pete KE9OA wrote:

I did a Google search on this Harris
receiver.............................cool looking unit!

Pete


The 550 is a nice looking radio, but the strong point is when you use it
in sideband mode with afc and coherent AGC.