[Premium-Rx] Hagenuk RX1001

[Henry Kolesnik]

Please let me know if you see any Chirpsounders under $500.00 that work, I'm interested.

I recall hearing the Woodpecker was over-the-horizon radar but I wonder if we weren't been fed a bunch of BS because it was the coldwar and blaming the Woodpecker on the Soviets was a ploy by the US to keep it going.

73
hank wd5jfr
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Anderson 
  To: Premium-RX LIST 
  Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 3:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Hagenuk RX1001


  1.  Given the rarity of the receivers and their specialized functions, prices are hard to pin down.  I'd say, for either the RSS-5 or RCS-5, the prices could span anywhere from $200-300 to $1000.  I'd expect the price to be towards the lower end if the seller really wanted to move them, and towards the higher end for a surplus house like Murphy's.

  2.  My understanding of the woodpecker was that it was an over-the-horizon radar, but I easily could be wrong.

  - Jeff, WA6AHL

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Henry Kolesnik 
    To: Jeff Anderson ; Premium-RX LIST 
    Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:53 PM
    Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Hagenuk RX1001


    Two questions. 
    1.  What is the going price for these recievers, I'm interested if I can afford one!

    2. Is there connection between this technology and the Russian Woodpecker we used to hear on the HF bands back 10 years ago.

    tnx
    hank wd5jfr

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Jeff Anderson 
      To: Premium-RX LIST 
      Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 2:48 PM
      Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Hagenuk RX1001


      I'd certainly nominate both the RSS series and the RCS series as premium receivers.  In terms of "wow" factors, both my RSS-5 and my RSC-5 rate pretty high with visitors, and they're certainly the most complex receivers I have in my shack (heaviest too!).

      Sometimes one can find these for sale - I know that Murphy's Surplus in El Cajon has had the RCS-5 in the past.  And a year or two ago Kurt Lesser (spelling?) in San Jose had several receivers for sale.  He may still have them, and list member Rich McClung may know how to contact him if anyone is interested.

      Although both the RSS-5 and the RCS-5 can be used as standard receivers, the "cool" factor for each is their CRT display.  The RSS-5 essentially gives you a plot much like a spectrum analyzer would, and the RCS-5, as others have mentioned, plots the height of the various layers vs. frequency for the propogation path between receiver and a chirpsounder transmitter.  The only drawback with the RCS series is finding corresponding transmitters!  There aren't many that I've been able to copy.  (If anyone has favorites, please send them to me!)

      - Jeff, WA6AHL

      ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: jan at skirrow.org 
        To: Barry Hauser ; John Reed ; Premium-RX LIST 
        Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:41 AM
        Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Hagenuk RX1001


        At 07:31 AM 7/4/03, Barry Hauser wrote:


          While a specialty, I agree, this fits in with the Premium-RX theme and the
          results of the propagation soundings may be of more general interest to the
          whole group.  (Though there are other sources on the 'net for that.)

        The RCS-4 & 5 sure do sound like Premium Rxs. But I think Greg and/or I would need to have one to play with before making any final decision. Any offers?

        ;>)

        Jan Skirrow





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