AOR 5700D 2023

[wb4sqi]

Wow! So how is an owner supposed to know whats fixed / added for each firmware release?

Heard of release notes AOR?

I guess we could ask.....

 

[wb4sqi]

Try using the 5700 with the sdr# software, it works very good and you have a hi-res spectrum display.
Version 1920 supports the AOR 5700.

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When using SDR# are both USB cables and the IQ dongle required?

 

[kdeke]

When using SDR# are both USB cables and the IQ dongle required?

For SDR# you only need the two usb cables (one for remote and one for IQ data), no dongle.
The dongle is only needed to run the AOR supplied AR-IQ-III software

 

[wb4sqi]

For SDR# you only need the two usb cables (one for remote and one for IQ data), no dongle.
The dongle is only needed to run the AOR supplied AR-IQ-III software

Got it! Successfully installed all the AOR software and SDR# yesterday and finally got all of it to work. Only negative is neither package will allow me to change from ANT1 to ANT2, not sure yet what might be causing that. I'm using a 10 year old i5 laptop with 8gb memory as a temporary test bed so the processing power for the IQ portion is lacking but I can't see why neither package would allow me to change antennas.

 

[kdeke]

Got it! Successfully installed all the AOR software and SDR# yesterday and finally got all of it to work. Only negative is neither package will allow me to change from ANT1 to ANT2, not sure yet what might be causing that. I'm using a 10 year old i5 laptop with 8gb memory as a temporary test bed so the processing power for the IQ portion is lacking but I can't see why neither package would allow me to change antennas.

It seems to be a radio "feature"
Just checked, indeed ANT1 to ANT2/HF switching doesn't work on HF, however it should work higher than 25MHz.
(for me on VHF I was able to switch)...

If you read the manual (page 9, connecting an antenna), it seems that the antenna port functions are inversed when using I/Q (so with SDR#).

Normal case= standalone radio:
ANT1: 25MHz-3.7GHz
ANT2/HF: 9kHz-3.7GHz

IQ case (=SDR#/AR-IQ-III via IQ OUT) or IF case(using 10Mhz IF OUT):
ANT1: 9kHz-3.7GHz
ANT2/HF: 25MHz-3.7GHz

So, something to take into account when connecting antenna's..

 

[wb4sqi]

It seems to be a radio "feature"
Just checked, indeed ANT1 to ANT2/HF switching doesn't work on HF, however it should work higher than 25MHz.
(for me on VHF I was able to switch)...

If you read the manual (page 9, connecting an antenna), it seems that the antenna port functions are inversed when using I/Q (so with SDR#).

Normal case= standalone radio:
ANT1: 25MHz-3.7GHz
ANT2/HF: 9kHz-3.7GHz

IQ case (=SDR#/AR-IQ-III via IQ OUT) or IF case(using 10Mhz IF OUT):
ANT1: 9kHz-3.7GHz
ANT2/HF: 25MHz-3.7GHz

So, something to take into account when connecting antenna's..

Amazing! Gotta wonder what the thinking is behind the code writers at AOR. Thanks for the tip.