My current Dx set up....my satellite dx has taken a back seat!

[Piltdownpaul]

So here is the set up-i'm sure some of the guys on here will recognize this stuff.....

Realistic DX-440 communication receiver,Fairmate VHF/UHF scanner
Intek M60 AM/FM cb 25-30MHZ
Ham Concorde 2 All mode cb 26-28 MHZ
Meteor 100 frequency counter
MFJ Versa tuners 1 and deluxe
Yaesu FRG 7700 0-30 MHZ

My radio repairs are currently backing up as holidays have slowed me down ,but i now have probably 10 in the queue!!!

Some cbs are now available to buy and will be going on fleebay.

 

[Archived-1]

Nice Paul, I will have to give you a shout at some point, what call sign do you use please, 26 TM 956 is me :-).

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Ermm. I used to be 26OC036 Martin

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Just got too many rigs to work on at the moment to go DXing on the nearest hill.


Todays job was unlocking a TTi tcb881 rig. Moving a surface mount component, to get 25-30 mhz 400 channels.

 

[Archived-1]

Hi Paul, you will have to let me know when you go, I made another antenna the other day a T2LT very easy to make and works ok, it would be good for the hills.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Yes my ham friend up the road from me is planning to make one of these-very clever and they work well.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Oh -heres the list at the mo. Concorde 2 x2,concord 1,Major 360M,588M x2,Lafayette 150(Hygain V really), Jumbo, York 863,861,Rotel 220,240,Amstrad 901,Binatone route 66,maxcom 30E,interceptor 3000,intek m60,tti 881 and there's other stuff in the loft i havent got to yet.

 

[Archived-1]

I am going make another and try and co-phase them at some point, what are you doing with them repairing and selling them Paul.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Yep-most just need tuning,some need more extensive stuff-of which certain components just arent made any more - like certain PLL phase lock loops. I have a concorde 2 which needs a PLL 02a chip. Unavailable now so i robbed one from a MK1 binatone route 66. These rigs are 30 years old now thats the problem.

 

[Archived-1]

I have an old concorde 2, I had some good contacts on it in the past.

 

[Analoguesat]

I always wanted a Yaesu 7700 back in my SW days, but I couldnt afford it. I got a Realstic DX300 for £99 when Walsall Tandys opened waaaay back in 1980 ish instead!

I was an occasional contributor to the SW column by Brian someone in Practical Wireless for several years.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

This was the latest seller-off to a new home in Bolton ,40 channel FM Cybernet board York 861.

 

[Analoguesat]

Are the annual Radio St Helena days still going? - I used to enjoy them with good signals despite the low power they were using.

Then the spoilsport idiots cottoned on and sat on the frequency for hours at a time ruining the reception with het whistles

:mad:

 

[Piltdownpaul]

I dont know AS, a lot has changed. All i know is that really from 25.615 Mhz up to 28Mhz there are Eastern European women rabbiting booming in on sporadic E skip like last Sunday morning. If they would give you five minutes you could hear yanks coming in on AM and LSB!

 

[Archived-1]

It is still very busy out there free banding when conditions are good, I will post a live link up at some point when conditions are good and I see your online.

 

[dxhound2003]

Are the annual Radio St Helena days still going? - I used to enjoy them with good signals despite the low power they were using.

Then the spoilsport idiots cottoned on and sat on the frequency for hours at a time ruining the reception with het whistles

:mad:

The last one was November 2009. I got the QSL for that plus one previous one. My other best DX catch was VLQ9 the domestic shortwave ABC service for Queensland, long gone now. Very tough catch on a FRG7 around midday as I recall. I have their QSL card somewhere. I still have the FRG7, but now I mainly use the JRC NRD 525 and the Eton E1.

Just as an aside I see a new receiver from JRC the NRD 383 has been announced, very preliminary information on the internet. But it will be something like 50,000 dollars, so time to get saving.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

It is still very busy out there free banding when conditions are good, I will post a live link up at some point when conditions are good and I see your online.

Indeed Martin but i can only work 4 watts..........

 

[Archived-1]

Only running 400w here Paul
I have just set up a live link if anyone wants to listen, while I pop to pick the wife up it will only be on for about 1 hour.
This is on my home made Yagi beaming E
http://www.ustream.tv

 

[Piltdownpaul]

ok

 

[Piltdownpaul]

No, seriously i have a 70w ssb burner for use in the car when i go mobile. Use that at home and my tv signal from Waltham vanishes!