wrote:

I just spoke with Richard Hillier of AOR UK. He confirmed that the 7030
should not be displaying any of the overload problems I'm encountering,
and he suspects that it is indeed the SD5400 mixer that's the problem.
He also noted something that should interest other 7030 owners out
the namely, that the SD5400 mixer is *very* static sensitive. In
fact, he suspects that mine was damaged when it got zapped at some
point....this is apparently the way it happens most of the time.So,
whenever your plugging in external speakers, headphones or anything
like that, be very careful!

Sounds like that AOR stuff is as plagued by problems as the ICOM's are...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

dxAce wrote:
wrote:

I just spoke with Richard Hillier of AOR UK. He confirmed that the 7030
should not be displaying any of the overload problems I'm encountering,
and he suspects that it is indeed the SD5400 mixer that's the problem.
He also noted something that should interest other 7030 owners out
the namely, that the SD5400 mixer is *very* static sensitive. In
fact, he suspects that mine was damaged when it got zapped at some
point....this is apparently the way it happens most of the time.So,
whenever your plugging in external speakers, headphones or anything
like that, be very careful!

Sounds like that AOR stuff is as plagued by problems as the ICOM's are...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

It certainly is a design flaw, in my opinion, to have a critical
component be so vulnerable to static electricity. Of course any
receiver is going to have to have its weak points, but you shouldn't
have to worry every time you plug in an external speaker or a set of
headphones. That's just common sense.

If there's ever a 7030++, maybe they'll farm some work out to the Drake
designers....

Steve

wrote:

dxAce wrote:
wrote:

I just spoke with Richard Hillier of AOR UK. He confirmed that the 7030
should not be displaying any of the overload problems I'm encountering,
and he suspects that it is indeed the SD5400 mixer that's the problem.
He also noted something that should interest other 7030 owners out
the namely, that the SD5400 mixer is *very* static sensitive. In
fact, he suspects that mine was damaged when it got zapped at some
point....this is apparently the way it happens most of the time.So,
whenever your plugging in external speakers, headphones or anything
like that, be very careful!

Sounds like that AOR stuff is as plagued by problems as the ICOM's are...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

It certainly is a design flaw, in my opinion, to have a critical
component be so vulnerable to static electricity. Of course any
receiver is going to have to have its weak points, but you shouldn't
have to worry every time you plug in an external speaker or a set of
headphones. That's just common sense.

Kind of like the Sony 2010 which seemed prone to static electricity as well.

If there's ever a 7030++, maybe they'll farm some work out to the Drake
designers....

Yeah, the AOR-Drake R9.... and hopefully Drake would put a 'real' S meter on it.

dxAce
Michigan
USA