Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan

On 2 Feb 2006 07:16:38 -0800, wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan

AOR

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says...
On 2 Feb 2006 07:16:38 -0800, wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan

AOR



I would agree, the AOR would probably be better, but I myself couldn't
stand to use one as a main receiver. I tried and tried to get used to a
friend's, and it annoyed me no end. And I like gadgets.

Now the 545 I could live with, no problem. JRC has "feel" and ergonomics
pretty much down..

BDK

On 2 Feb 2006 07:16:38 -0800, wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan

I have no experience with AOR, but my 1988 JRC NRD 525 has been in
daily use for 16 years on iffy electrical outlets and it ain't never
broke yet :-)

bob
k5qwg

wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan


I have no personal experience with the 545 - but a concern I've heard
from many is the audio quality of JRCs in general just isn't very good.

The stock filters that come with the AOR aren't impressive to me - they
seemed to be too wide or too narrow. But they're 455khz filters, so
it's easy to find better replacements.

The 7030+ is the quietest consumer radio I've ever had. It has plenty
of dynamic range. It's also reasonably practical to run it on NIMH
batteries.

Dear Alan,

I cannot offer my own personal comments about the JRC NRD-545. I did
not buy one because of the relatively mediocre review it gets in
PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO. Among other things, several of its
facilities are not available in all operating modes - for example
(quoting PASSPORT 2006): "No AGC adjustment in AM mode or with
synchronous selectable sideband, and lone AGC rate too fast." Not to be
able to make such a necessary adjustment is poor design, in my opinion.
(Just TRY listening to faint DX with an AGC that's too fast!) There are
a number of other disadvantages which are unacceptable to me in a
receiver of this category and price.

Therefore, I purchased an AOR AR7030 Plus with the NF/NB option and a
few other options as well (most notably the 2.4 kHz crystal filter
replacing the stock ceramic 2.4 kHz one). With this radio, all
facilities are avaiable in all modes and are all fully adjustable by
the user. I have been extremely pleased with the performance of this
receiver as well as its construction quality. Frankly, for me, it
leaves absolutely nothing to be desired (except, perhaps, for a
broadcast FM section which was originally announced but later
abandoned; its audio section is really THAT GOOD enough to warrant an
FM section and it's the best sounding MW/SW receiver I have ever heard
especially when running the sound through a good stereo system) and I
have been a shortwave listener for almost fifty years.

I bought mine from THE SHORTWAVE SHOP. It would be even easier for you
to buy from that store as you live in the UK (I live in the US). Their
sales and service policies are positively SUPERB in my opinion, much
better than any US-based dealer.

Should you decide to buy the AR7030 Plus, I recommend that you
telephone Richard Hillier at AOR UK first to discuss your particular
requirements. He will make recommendations to you and you can have your
set built exactly to your specifications and delivered to the store of
your choice.

By the way, I also own the Wellbrook ALA 330S (made in Wales) Active
Loop Antenna which works extremely well with the AR7030 Plus. THE
SHORTWAVE SHOP is the only retail outlet for it (although you can buy
it directly from the factory, but there's no advantage in doing so -
the factory does not accept credit cards and THE SHORTWAVE SHOP does).

I wish you the very best of luck regardless of which receiver you
choose. You'll never regret the purchase of a receiver of this calibre.

Best,

Joe

P.S. Please note that there are many JRC NRD-545 owners out there who
are just as "biased" in their regard for their radio as I am "biased"
for mine! Either radio, I am sure, would give you many, many hours of
listening pleasure.

I'd suggest getting the filter daughterboard for the 7030+. You can add
two extra filters without removing any filters from the motherboard.
Javiation installed the filter board and one of the crystal filters,
and still came out as the lowest price. I don't know if you get that
kind of service today, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

I use the notch filter in the NB option quite often. I can't say I use
the noise blanker itself very much.


Mark S. Holden wrote:
wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan


I have no personal experience with the 545 - but a concern I've heard
from many is the audio quality of JRCs in general just isn't very good.

The stock filters that come with the AOR aren't impressive to me - they
seemed to be too wide or too narrow. But they're 455khz filters, so
it's easy to find better replacements.

The 7030+ is the quietest consumer radio I've ever had. It has plenty
of dynamic range. It's also reasonably practical to run it on NIMH
batteries.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:02:21 -0500, BDK
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On 2 Feb 2006 07:16:38 -0800, wrote:

Hello everyone,
I have a choice before me. Which of the two receivers listed above will
provide the best performance? Cost is of no importance and I am not
worried about size or the ergonomics of them. I am fairly intelligent
and can master buttons etc. I aim to hunt for tough DX MW signals.
Ideas, opinions?
Thanks,
Alan

AOR



I would agree, the AOR would probably be better, but I myself couldn't
stand to use one as a main receiver. I tried and tried to get used to a
friend's, and it annoyed me no end. And I like gadgets.

Now the 545 I could live with, no problem. JRC has "feel" and ergonomics
pretty much down..

BDK
According to this, as the 500 series model numbers go up, the quality
goes down.

http://www.sherweng.com/table.html

I have a 545 and I find it to be somewhat disappointing, especially in
relation to its price.

Buy a Drake R8B and a Wellbrook antenna.
cuhulin