[Premium-Rx] Dancom receivers

[John Reed]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Reich" <richard.reich at saatt.co.uk>
To: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:25 AM
Subject: [Premium-Rx] Dancom receivers


Hello Group.

Does anyone know of a Danish radio company called Dancom.
I have aquired a non-working model - an R-203. I don't even know if it
qualifies
as a Premium receiver - I haven't yet been able to open the case to see what
it
has inside. Definitely has an LED frequency display, and the bands (10KHz to
30MHz) are selected as 1 MHz segments (as per Racal, Collins, etc). No
keypad,
and no memories as far as I can tell.
Is this particular model worth repairing and using as a receiver? Anyone got
any
experience of using/repairing it?

Yes - I also have an R-203.  It wasn't working when I got it, but I have
fixed it and it seems to be working fine.  The problems were bad tantalium
caps mainly.  Also there was a bad front end RF transistor, probably due to
high EMP.  It seems to be a fairly good receiver, sensitive and quite stable
for being analog tuned.  It also has a lock on the last digit of the display
(100 Hz) that can be used for more stability.  I haven't had a chance to
compare it with the other premium receivers that I use.  If you decide to
fix it be prepared to work in close quarters.  Things are really packed in
there tight.  Lots of shielding though.  The front end preselector is well
made and works good.

John Reed