Month: March 2019

Home made coaxial dipole antenna for civil (and military) airband.

 Builders please let me know about your version of the #AirbandBazooka  by sending me a message or photos on twitter.    https://twitter.com/merseyradar Please do provide some photos/reception reports and I will include them here.   Make your own DIY #AirbandBazooka antenna for Civil or Military using the guide on my website https://t.co/r3cd0S3H8l Performance better than…


Another Yupiteru MVT-7000 “scanning legend” repaired.

I have a soft spot for the MVT-7000. I have a little collection going on of this amazing machine. Here are 4 units of the 7 units I have, 3 in good working order and the one to the far right you will see later in the Yupiteru club chamber of horrors photos  “example 1”…


2 More Airband Antennas from Superyagi reviewed.

Superyagi  Slim-Jim Antenna for Civil Airband (128mhz Centre Frequency) .   You may recall a review I did quite a while ago on the superyagi j-pole antenna for civil airband. That first review and a little more info about the business is linked below, http://www.merseyradar.co.uk/airband-radio/superyagi-civil-airband-antenna/ That variant was certainly made to last and that particular…