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Author Archives: Kevin
Checking Out the Unbranded Signal Generator
I am happy to report that the signal general generator does work (turns on and outputs RF), despite all the YouTube repair videos. My first experiment was to hook up the Signal Generator to an SDR, the RTL-SDR Blog V4, … Continue reading
First Impressions: Unbranded Signal Generator
The good news is that it arrived early from AliExpress. It arrived in a gray plastic bag, enclosing a shipping box that I will not be reusing. The bubble-wrapped contents fared better: And that was it. The power cable had … Continue reading
Setting Multi-Zone Radio Clocks
The Problem I have 4, perhaps more, radios that have a capability to display both local time and UTC. They are: Eton Elite Executive, Qodosen DX-286/SR-286 and Sangean ATS-909. I don’t understand the setting process fully, and the manual didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Clock setting, Eton Elite Executive, GMT, Qodosen DX-286, Sangean ATS-909, UTC
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The Sounds of Static
Hello darkness, my old friend.I’ve come DXing you again.Because a signal softly creepingWith the signal strength increasing,And the image on the screen of my SDR,From afar,Emerging from the wells of static. With apology to Simon and Grundig With a little … Continue reading
PLL Progress
I have an ongoing project to compare some PLL Superhet radios I have, a Grundig G4000A, Kaito KA-1101, Sangean ATS-909, Tecsun PL-660 and Tecsun PL-990. I’ve had some bad luck with my last TWO visits to the park, interrupted by … Continue reading
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Tagged Grundig G4000A, Kaito KA1100, MLA-30+, Qodosen DX-286, Sangean ATS-909, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-990, Videos, WUP Antenna
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Radio Ghosts and Other Things that Go Beep in the Night
Images My first shortwave radio was a Nanaola 10NT504, a receiver that uses superheterodyne technology. In that mode, a radio is tuned by mixing the incoming radio signal with a locally generated variable frequency carrier signal (from a variable frequency … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliases, Eton Elite Executive, Images, SDR, Superheterodyne, Tecsun PL-330, VFO, XHDATA D-109, XHDATA D-808
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Si4732 ATS Mini Firmware 2.30
This is an update to my 2.28 installation post: ESP32 – Si4732 ATS Mini: Firmware Upgrade 2.28 (Updated). There’s a bit of a wrinkle with this installation that I didn’t have before. The method of storing settings has changed, which … Continue reading