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My G5RV is half wave and does OK, the vertical (only £60) skips the UK, I might work far north of England on a good day, in 7 months I've only worked two other Welsh stations using it but...it does a grand job working Europe, east coast USA, Russia, Scandinavia on voice and I've worked Brazil, Mexico and north Africa on CW and Japan on FT8.

People think radio hams are a bunch of 'anoraks' well, I double qualify as I also collect old Primus stoves LOL. Primus stoves were born in Sweden but the UK had some very very good manufacturers of Primus type paraffin stoves and some were based in the brum area; two of the best known was Samuel Heath & Sons and George Marris & Co. My auntie Lillian was a solderer for Samuel Heath during WW2 so may well have made one of the old stoves I own :)
 
Back in March I posted a link in a thread called "These Trying Times - 2020" to a excellent site called "American Radio History". At the time I thought some folks may find loads of interesting material to peruse to pass the time. The site has now changed it's name to "World Radio History" and I thought this would be an excellent and more appropriate thread to remind you all of it's existence.

There is thousands upon thousands of radio and music books and magazines going right back to the start of broadcasting, also, there of loads of British books and magazines relating to radio, music and electronics. All these may be downloaded to read at your leisure, I myself have spent many a happy hour going through this excellent site bringing back memories of yesteryear.

Here is the link....

https://worldradiohistory.com/index.htm

I must say a big thank you to all the folks at World Radio History who have spent thousands of hours and and a lot of personal expense at creating such a fantastic collection of radio, electronics and broadcasting history.

I hope you all enjoy.
 
Dave,

Yes, that is an excellent site and I have used it quite often myself when doing technical research though I wasn't aware of the name change. Thanks for reminding me to take another look.

Maurice :cool:
 
These posts about radios led me to find and set up my scanner. It's batteries had gone flat and programmed frequencies were lost so new batteries inserted and re-learning needed. Using it combined with FlightSimX and Flightrader24 on my computer can easily waste two hours of my day!

I'm looking at programming it from my computer but Win10 doesn't use legacy serial ports so will have to find a 'workaround'. Another slight problem is there are not many aircraft flying in the current conditions. I can however hear my wireless thermostat sending info to my CH boiler on 868Mhz ... :rolleyes:

My radio (toy!) ...:)
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oldMohawk said:
These posts about radios led me to find and set up my scanner. It's batteries had gone flat and programmed frequencies were lost so new batteries inserted and re-learning needed. Using it combined with FlightSimX and Flightrader24 on my computer can easily waste two hours of my day!

I'm looking at programming it from my computer but Win10 doesn't use legacy serial ports so will have to find a 'workaround'. Another slight problem is there are not many aircraft flying in the current conditions. I can however hear my wireless thermostat sending info to my CH boiler on 868Mhz ... :rolleyes:

My radio (toy!) ...:)
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not many aircraft. you should be here its the training area for the RAF. ... now most services are digital.apart from CoastGuard. my programing leads are usb,i got them off fleabay.... usb to serial etc. god luck phil.
 
Hi Pete,
I've installed the Scan125 Control Program in my laptop and it is working and operates all features on the scanner. Win10 uses the USB ports when the scanner is connected and the Com port error solves itself. I can see a lot of Hawk trainers presently flying around off N.Wales on FR24. I can receive from a/c using Brize. I think I am going to 'waste' more than two hours playing with this lot .... :grinning:
Phil
 
oldMohawk said:
Hi Pete,
I've installed the Scan125 Control Program in my laptop and it is working and operates all features on the scanner. Win10 uses the USB ports when the scanner is connected and the Com port error solves itself. I can see a lot of Hawk trainers presently flying around off N.Wales on FR24. I can receive from a/c using Brize. I think I am going to 'waste' more than two hours playing with this lot .... :grinning:
Phil
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phil. they sure make a racket. with the texan. i have not used my scanner for years. my HF radios rec most. i do like navtex.
Weather messages decoder - RTTY, NAVTEX, PACTOR-1 FEC ...
 
I remember buying a radio from a junk shop in nechells for £5.to get it home i had to use a old pram,when i got home mom said "what the heck is that contraption", you are not having that in the bedroom, so i was sent to the old coal house.
Now i see why:grinning:
 
oldMohawk said:
Thanks Maurice,

I plugged the scanner into a usb socket on my laptop and Win10 automatically found a driver and installed it in seconds. The scanner can now be set up and operated from the laptop via usb. Aircraft now received loud and clear. I was also amazed to hear CB being used in these internet days.

Phil :)
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10 4 good buddy all copied:grinning:
 
oldMohawk said:
These posts about radios led me to find and set up my scanner. It's batteries had gone flat and programmed frequencies were lost so new batteries inserted and re-learning needed. Using it combined with FlightSimX and Flightrader24 on my computer can easily waste two hours of my day!

I'm looking at programming it from my computer but Win10 doesn't use legacy serial ports so will have to find a 'workaround'. Another slight problem is there are not many aircraft flying in the current conditions. I can however hear my wireless thermostat sending info to my CH boiler on 868Mhz ... :rolleyes:

My radio (toy!) ...:)
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good tool phill uniden made some good equipment. that little blackbox rec more than that great heavy yoke i bought.
and they still cost a lot of dosh.
 
Khodovarikha Station. A picture from the National Geographic Magazine. Radio at the old weather station that transmitted meteorological data to the station in the closest city, Arkhangelsk, nearly 500 miles away. A chap is still stationed there and sends reports every 3 hours night and day. But it is not clear whether the equipment is still used.

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Don’t remember “Ecko” brand. Remember Pye. We had the Pye portable TV. They were very neat for their time. Viv.
 
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