AR7030 Reviews

Have a look at what the reviewers found with the AR7030. Comments from customers back them up too, just ask around!

Short Wave Magazine - John Wilson

"JT has wiped the slate clean on receivers as we know them and has rendered virtually everything else obsolete"
"...the appearance is stunning, the finish on every part is of the highest standard..."
"If you can't get sensible audio out of even a rotten signal with the AR7030 then nothing will do it"
"...there is a very good synchronous a.m. system which has the unique feature of being auto tuned"
"...I was simply amazed when I came to explore the i.f. filtering arrangements..."

Ham Radio Today - Chris Lorek

"...rather stylish and extremely well-made cabinet"
"...I immediately thought how 'clean' the signals sounded"
"Regarding the RF performance of the set, my measured results say it all. If you're not technically minded just read these as superb. The blocking performance was so good that I found it was simply noise limited by the signal source..."

Monitoring Times & Radio Japan - Larry Magne

"All bandwidths have excellent shape factors. Image rejection is superb, as is IF rejection. Blocking and phase noise measurements are both excellent. Dynamic range is excellent at both 5 and 20 kHz separation points, and third order intercept measurements at 5 and 20kHz separation points are superb"
"...arguably the best receiver on the market, regardless of price..."
"...overall audio distortion is good-to-excellent... it becomes excellent-to-superb when the synchronous detector is used, and in the SSB mode is nearly nil"

AWR Europe broadcaster for the last 10 years and contributor to the medium wave DX circle and many other DX titles - Gordon Bennett

"Is it an excellent DX machine? Yes!"
"Is it an excellent receiver for SWL's? Yes!"
"Can it be used with an indoor loop? Yes!"
"...the audio is superb"

DSWCI short wave news - Don Phillips

"It is smart, black, well finished and inviting"
"The first thing that impressed me about this receiver is its quietness"
"The AR7030 gives the illusion that it is able to trap any signal that hits the antenna and demodulate it almost at FM quality"
"Synchronous AM? Well it is one of the best I have come across. The receiver locks on and seems to hold even the weakest AM signals"

Independent German reviewer (Funk etc) - Nils Schiffhauer

"Clear advantage to AOR thanks to its perfect synchro detector"
"AOR wins thanks to its fine AGC"
"AOR wins thanks to its considerably calmer background"

Radio Netherlands - Jonathan Marks

"Corners are rounded, there is a minimum of control knobs and the metal cabinet is beautifully engineered"
"Of the synthesiser... this is an extremely low sideband noise design..."
"We think that the phase noise of the AR7030 DDS is excellent, and much better than comparable priced and even much higher priced receivers. ...The measured phase noise values are exactly what is specified"

RSGB RadCom - Peter Hart

"The excellent RF performance of the AR7030 is certainly most apparent in on-air tests. The receiver gives very clean results under all conditions and there is no sign of overload in demanding strong signal situations".
"The intermodulation measurements are at the limit of my measurement capability and the close-in result by far the best I have ever measured on any general coverage receiver".
"I was particularly impressed with the VLF performance".
"The AGC characteristic is ideal and I really cannot fault any of the functions of the radio".
"It is really packed with features and has a superb technical performance".

AR7030 - Some thoughts on test methods