My latest purchase was a new antenna dedicated to the civilian airband 108-136 MHz. I had made J-Pole antennas before using ladder line, heavy copper wire and scrap copper pipe and even speaker wire but all were rough and ready types not very much in the way of care was taken in the construction. The…
Realistic PRO-2005 Repair. (Unit A).
Realistic Pro-2005 Scanner Repair. UNIT A. “Alpha” One of the great scanners of the 1990s, Manufactured by GRE communications Japan for Tandy/Radio Shack. The Pro-2005, like the almost identical Pro-2006 was known to be particularly good on AM airband, nice tone from the top mounted speaker. Much loved by its owners, The Pro-2005 and Pro-2006…
Tecsun PL-600 Modifications.
UPDATE 20/9/2020 This item is FOR SALE on Ebay UK Item Number : 254724509989 Here is a short video from Toaday Sunday 20th September with the radio tuned to Shanwick Oceanic Volmet Weather on 5.505 USB. The Tecsun PL-600 is a great HF radio for the price, some time ago I gave a…
Scanner Greats.. Yupiteru MVT-7000 brought back to life !
In the early 1990s ,The Yupiteru MVT-7000 multiband scanner had an almost cult following amongst Aircraft Enthusiasts and Marine Band Listeners, especially with hobbyists based in the Netherlands. From memory, I think some parts of Europe received the MVT-7000 many months before the UK versions with UK 240 volts AC mains charger plug started appearing…
HF Propagation Conditions