Communications Receiver AR7030

AOR Manufacturing Ltd.; Matlock, England

  • Year
  • 1996–2008
  • Category
  • Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 287363

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • Semiconductors present.
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 45000/455 kHz
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.
  • Details
  • Radio Control (+Remote Wire etc)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Powered by external power supply or a main unit. / 500 ma @ 15 DC Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Power out
  • 1.8 W (undistorted)
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Communications Receiver AR7030 - AOR Manufacturing Ltd.;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 9.45 x 3.54 x 10 inch / 240 x 90 x 254 mm
  • Notes
  • The AOR AR7030 is a general coverage communications receiver, covering 0-32 MHz. It receives in AM, LSB, USB, CW, FM and FSK modes. Also see the AOR AR7030 Plus.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 4.9 lb (4 lb 14.4 oz) / 2.225 kg
  • Author
  • Model page created by Wayne Childress. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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My AR7030 surprised me with a strange malfunction: from time to time, a strange peeping noise, the panel goes blank, the receiver stops working …

Checking the reason for the apparent short-circuit leads to the ‚+10db‘ position of the RF-IF button and the reason seems obvious, Q16.

De-soldering the transistor solves the short-circuit problem, but following this operation the receiver delivers static only on any AM signal but normal reception on the sidebands, FM and CW.

Measuring the usual suspects gets you nowhere – everything seems to be ok until you reach the 2nd mixer, but the IF amp has no input signal. The apparent culprits could well be the 4053 switching circuits and/or Q83, a 4094 controling the swichting ICs.

When faced with an SMD cemetary one hesitates to de-solder more ICs than absolutely necessary … which leads to a prolonged phase of thinking things over.

In the end it was, as it most often is the case, the simplest thing. Probably caused by the short, the memory ‚forgot‘ its filter bank config and a reset plus a new filter calibration made it remember again it had an AM filter.

As I never used the +10db RF gain position I just left Q16 out and we’re happily living together again, my 7030 and I.

Hubert Eisner, 25.Jan.20

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