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In the late 1970s, Yaesu’s FRG-7 communication receiver was a real step forward. It covers Long Wave through to 30MHz in 1Mhz chunks using the Wadley Loop system to synthesize the frequency which has negligible drift which my previous receiver the Trio 9R-59DS certainly suffered from! After selecting the band you ‘tune in’ the MHz … Read more
Yaesu made the Ft-747GX transceiver in the late 1980s. It was a modestly priced HF radio but is still very capable today. I have worked a lot of DX with it and it works well for FT8 as it does have CAT, albeit primitive. A problem often develops after 20+ years with the tuning knob … Read more
My Ciro Mazzoni Stealth Loop has continuous coverage from 10 to 40m. Gain is specified as equivalent to a dipole at 10m and down by half a s-point on 40m. Its win is the better signal to noise ratio which was obvious from the start. On the first day of pointing the antenna specifically at … Read more
My FT990 was built around 1991 and built like a battleship. I’m sure its ATU would “tune” up a 12-inch spanner if required! It still works very well and I’ve only had to replace a voltage regulator and the backup battery in 15 years. I’d never tried the CAT interface or digimodes and thought I … Read more
I’m back on the air on HF again after a long long break which has been since 2014, other than portable operations. I’ve enjoyed the fun of homebrew and external antennas but I’ve had a few osteoarthritis issues in recent years and my XYL loves her garden (I do too!). My approach from now is … Read more
After six years at a QTH which made operating very difficult I have moved to York and better operating opportunities. I intend my new QTH to be rather stealthy and so I don’t expect to be putting up another 160m base-loaded inverted-L antenna or inverted-V or delta-loop in my garden again. So far I’ve put … Read more
Continuing on my mission to deliver a fast ecommerce site I set about to create a fade slider which didn’t require JQuery support. In my application I’m using it in WordPress but it would run standalone if needed. I’m also using a Litespeed server with page caching. Most sliders available are brimming with bells and … Read more
Speed is everything! I’ve been on a mission to lighten the payload of an ecommerce website I’m developing for a client and so throwing overboard anything unnecessary to the task: fonts, stylesheets and javascript. Litespeed hosting and cache I started with a Litespeed hosting package from Squirrelhouse Media Litespeed servers are essentially Apache with a … Read more
Unfortunately my HF equipment is off the air still but the 75th Anniversary of D-Day reminded me of the excitement when I had my M3 license of working GB6OD, South Dorset Amateur Radio Society, who 15 years ago put up a Special Event Station for the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. I was limited to 10 … Read more
Do you recognise this rig? Have you got parts that you don’t need? My friend Richard, GW4EIE, has owned a Shimizu Denshi SS-105S for a few decades and sadly it is now unwell! He’s in need of the following:- IF board SE – IF board with or without SSB/CW filters, if not the transformers … Read more