Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest SWLing Post readers. To that end: Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting […]
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Radio Waves: ABC Wage Freeze, A Titanic Radio, FCC “Tweaks” LPFM Rules, and Digitizing a DX-160 Display
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Kostas’ Yaesu FRG-7 adjustment that improves opposite sideband rejection
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kostas (SV3ORA), who shares the following video and writes: In this 7.8Mb video (attached) is my solution for “converting” the Yaesu FRG-7 for single signal reception on SSB: Not a mod actually, no additional filters, no soldering of any kind. Just tune the BFO on USB and on LSB […]
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Andy builds a genius companion control display for the Yaesu FT-817 transceiver
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy Webster (G7UHN), who kindly shares the following guest post: Yaesu FT-817 companion display by Andy Webster (G7UHN) Like so many I love getting out portable with my FT-817 but I do seem to spend so much of my operating time fiddling through the soft-keys because my most […]
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A 3D-printed cover for the Mountain Topper MTR-3B QRP transceiver
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who asks: Thomas, what’s the orange thing on the MTR-3B in the last photo in your post about the Red Oxx Booty Boss? [see photo above] Glad you asked, Eric! It’s a 3D-printed protective cover. My daughters have been asking for a 3D printer since they’ve […]
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Radio Waves: Hammarlund Legacy, FM Radio Using Arduino, VOA Report on Bias, ARISS SSTV Event, and Geminids
Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest SWLing Post readers. To that end: Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting […]
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Upgrading my Yaesu FT-817 transceiver with the G7UHN rev2 Buddy board
Last August, SWLing Post contributor, Andy (G7UHN), shared his homebrew project with us: a genius companion control display for the venerable Yaesu FT-817 general coverage QRP transceiver. Andy’s article caused me (yes, I blame him) to wax nostalgic about the popular FT-817 transceiver. You see, I owned one of the first production models of the […]
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Replacing the keypad on my Drake SW8
In 2019, I made an impulse purchase: a Drake SW8 tabletop receiver. As I mentioned previously, I’d always wanted an SW8. My buddy, David Goren, recommended this receiver ages ago, Each time I’ve stayed at his home in Flat Bush, he magically made an SW8 available as my bedside radio in the guest room. (That’s […]
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Installing the Belka-DX DSP speaker option
This month, I received my Belka DX speaker option in the post and recently did this very simple install. All it really requires is a small Phillips-Head screwdriver and maybe 10 minutes of time. You start by removing the four screws holding on the left side panel. The side panel easily slides off over the […]
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Chuck’s re-capped GE Superadio II might set a new AM BCL benchmark
I recently took delivery of a better-than-new classic solid-state portable broadcast receiver: the venerable GE Superadio II. This Superadio II was generously given to me by SWLing Post contributor, Chuck Rippel (K8HU), who has–in his spare time–been re-capping and restoring all three of the GE Superadio series models and bringing them back to life. Chuck […]
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Tecsun PL-330 tip: Using the telescopic antenna for the LW & MW bands
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mad Radio DXer, who writes: Hi, I want to let you & your readers know of a Tecsun PL-330 trick that I saw mentioned in the comments section of your blog some time ago which does not seem to have a lot of awareness. This is for using the […]
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Gary DeBock’s XHDATA D-808 loopstick model
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gary DeBock, who shares the following: The 7.5 inch (19cm) loopstick XHDATA D-808 model was designed to be the ultimate AM-DXing (or Longwave DXing) travel portable, and can be built for a construction cost of around $30 US. It has already been used by numerous DXers to track down […]
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Radio Waves: Radio and Education, Border Blasters, FM Switch Delayed per DCMS, and A Quick Temporary AM Antenna
Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest SWLing Post readers. To that end: Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting […]
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Jerome makes an aluminum back stand for the PL-880
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, I have managed to break three of these flimsy PL-880 back stands, and thought, “how hard can it be to make one out of metal?” These two photos are the result from a piece of aluminium that I had in the […]
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Radio Mods: Unblocking the YAESU FRG-8800 Frequency Coverage Limitations
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani (SWL I1-11437), who shares the following guest post. Note that, as with any radio modification, perform this operation at your own risk. This is a very simple mod, but if you feel it might be beyond your skill level, consider hiring a radio technician to perform it on […]
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Guest Post: “Tinkering with History”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bob Colegrove, who shares the following guest post: Tinkering with History By Bob Colegrove One of the attractive aspects of radio as a hobby is that it has so many specialties to channel our time. Just for the sake of classification, I would group these into two categories, listening […]
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Pavel fixes a stereo lock in the Eton E1
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pavel Kraus, who shares the following guest post: Eton E1 – fault in stereo reception I recently became the owner of an Eton E1 receiver, which I obtained on eBay from the USA. The receiver is great, everything worked, error-free display. The only problem was that even FM and strong […]
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Kostas pairs his Collins 51S-1 with a Heathkit SB-620 bandscope
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kostas (SV3ORA), for sharing the following guest post which originally appeared on his radio website: Collins 51S-1 band scope using a Heathkit SB-620 by Kostas (SV3ORA) The purpose of this project, is to connect a Collins 51S-1 receiver with a Heathkit SB-620 “scanalyzer”, so as to give the 51S-1 band scope capability. […]
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Comparing the Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711 & WJ-8712 with TEN-TEC RX-340 & RX-331 receivers
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani, who shares the following guest post: The WJ-8711 & WJ-8712 vs. Ten-Tec RX-340 & RX-331 Receivers by Paolo Viappiani, Carrara, Italy In recent years, a renewed interest has grown in regards to the best HF receivers using “first generation” DSPs, typically the HF-1000/HF-1000A, WJ-8711/WJ-8711A and WJ-8712 models […]
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Modification to make the XHDATA D-220 dial easier to read
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jason Harvey, who writes: Just thought I’d share, I’ve seen the bandaid dial scale mod for the D-220 to help with tuning. Not sure if anyone else has been able to mod the actual dial marker yet to make it more visible on the orange D-220 though, but it’s […]
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