[Premium-Rx] WJ8611 to sale (Joseph)
Joseph
joseph.bozzer at skynet.be
Mon Aug 5 14:29:20 EDT 2019
It's sold
Regards
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Russian R-155 Manuals needed (US4IPQ Stan Vorononkov)
2. WJ8611 for sale (Joseph)
3. Berryville VA hamfest Sunday Aug 4 (Nick England)
4. Experiences with Xiegu? (Terry O')
5. Re: Experiences with Xiegu? (Robert Nickels)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:20:46 +0300
From: US4IPQ Stan Vorononkov <us4ipq at gmail.com>
To: Heinz Breuer <dh2fa at me.com>
Cc: premium-rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Russian R-155 Manuals needed
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??, 2 ???. 2019 ?. ? 07:30, Heinz Breuer via Premium-Rx <
premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>:
> Hello Bruce,
> I have two of these. One was fully working last time I switched it on. I
> never tested the second one. I certainly have the manuals but have to find
> them. These are probably in Russian, can't remember. It's almost 20 years
> that I got it. Maybe I even have the adapter cables. I have a few cables
> and spare modules but can't remember if these are for the R155 or R250M.
>
> I am currently in Verona/Italy. Let me check when I am back home later
> next week.
> vy 73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT
>
> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
>
>> Am 02.08.2019 um 04:31 schrieb Bruce Gentry via Premium-Rx <
> premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>:
>>
>> I hope a Russian R-155 qualifies as a Premium Receiver, I have one and
> need some things to get it working. First, I am looking for the manuals or
> copies of them. Any language will suffice, but English or German would be
> better. I am also looking for the extender cables needed for working on the
> receiver. Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:35:40 +0200
From: Joseph <joseph.bozzer at skynet.be>
To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ8611 for sale
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I am selling a Watkins Johnson WJ-8611 in perfect state
- 100% functional
- equipped with 2 original handles (normally it was sold with only one)
- supplied in a brand new half black rack
- delivered with an audio cable and its connector
Price: 1100 ? + shipping
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 09:57:24 -0400
From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
To: Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Premium-Rx] Berryville VA hamfest Sunday Aug 4
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I'm thinning the herd - I plan to bring these for sale -
Collins 651S-1 HF receiver (working OK, in rack mount w/speaker)
Cubic R-3036 MF/HF dual receiver (both sides working OK)
Harris RF-590 HF receiver (works OK)
- w/ untested RF-551A preselector & spare p/s
will trade any of the above for a working R-2174/URR (Racal RA6790/GM)
If they don't sell, pick up in Chapel Hill NC or I'll bring them at the
Shelby NC hamfest Aug 30-31 - sorry I really don't want to ship these...
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 10:20:36 -0500
From: Terry O' <watkins-johnson at terryo.org>
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Subject: [Premium-Rx] Experiences with Xiegu?
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Anyone have experience with Xiegu products?? I was considering a G90
until I saw this on the net.
Malcolm James Hyde:
Similar thing for the X5105 really.? With so many changes in the space
of 48 hrs and then nothing.? Latest Beta on release has no Tx on 6m and
line in and line out control not
working, no message sending plus a few other issues. I understand there
are other Beta releases with fixes but for whatever reason Xeigu are not
releasing them.? Shame really as it fell as though they were listening
to their uses and tailoring the software to our needs.? Allowing users
to beta test and provide feedback thus engaging with
Xeigu and the team. I have considered emailing them directly rather than
through a single person third Party by social media. In order for Xeigu
to succeed it's important for the company to directly engage with their
customers.? Having worked with the BBC for many years, communications
and engagement is the key to success.? It would be a
shame for these excellent products to fail for the sake of these basic
skills.
Terry O'
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:39:46 -0500
From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Experiences with Xiegu?
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On 8/4/2019 10:20 AM, Terry O' wrote:
> Anyone have experience with Xiegu products?
Hi Terry,
I can give you a snapshot based on my experience. ? The customer
relationship described in the email you posted seems obvious to most of
us, but seems to not come naturally to Xiegu.? I remain hopeful they
will learn and come to understand the expectations of US customers at
least, and provide the kind of technical information as well as the
US-based repair option and customer support we expect.
I've bought two Xiegu radios from Connect Systems.? The first, 2 years
ago,? was the version of the X-108 they branded as CS-108G and the
XPA125? amplifer/autotuner.? They were sold at basically the dealer's
cost because he'd had enough and was terminating his relationship with
Xiegu over various support and technical issues.??? All this history can
be found in the archives of the Yahoo group:
X108-Transceiver at yahoogroups.com
The owner of CSI is Jerry Wanger and since he has posted his contact
info on the reflector I will pass it along here. ? I'm sure he would be
happy to address any questions you may have: jwanger at pacbell.net
So why did I pop for a G90 a few weeks ago???? Well, for one thing, my
experience with the X-108 has been positive, and several friends have
used them extensively with good results and no major failures, although
they unquestionably have "quirks" which the manufacturer will not
address or even acknowledge.? They're a cute radio that works well,
especially once you learn how to deal with the quirks.?? The X-108 is a
conventional crystal-filter transceiver where functionality is defined
mainly by hardware, and thus having good technical docs (including
schematics, x-ray board layouts, etc) is essential? for troubleshooting
and the lack of same is a negative.
However the G90 is an SDR which I determined was based on a QSD/QSE
architecture feeding a DSP processor and MCU which meant the RF up and
down conversion circuits would be pretty common (similar to Softrock,
KX2/3, etc) and the bulk of functionality would be implemented via
software. ? The DSP/MCU circuitry is not likely to fail, and not
suitable for home repair in any case. The receiver bandpass and
transmitter lowpass filter arrays would be conventional in design and
easy to figure out.
The bottom line for me was, the G90 looked like it provided a very
attractive set of features including SDR architecture with IQ output, a
very usable 20 watts of power and built-in autotuner in a compact
lightweight package and a very attractive price (especially with the
earlybird discount).??? I determined that even if the manufacturer took
took the same tone-deaf position as before it was an acceptable risk.???
And since CSI was willing to give Xiegu another chance based on having
actual skin in the game ($) then I could do so as well, especially since
there was already a track record of updating the firmware. ? Obviously
others may evaluate these factors differently, but I'd suggest joining
the reflector and Facebook Xiegu group (where I'm waiting for membership
approval) and keeping an open mind.
Subjectively I will say that in limited use I like the G90 very much.??
Like all modern radios there's a learning curve, but I'm still baffled
by the absence of a mic or transmit audio level adjustment and that's
one reason I joined the Facebook group. Assuming there will be software
updates,? it should be a completely different experience than
"hardware-defined radio' even though users will be dependent on Xiegu
for updates. ?? I'm going to try to update to 1.6 soon, here is the
download page: https://xiegu.eu/downloads/
And here is a video by Fred VE3FAL showing how to do the update (to v.
1.4 back in Febr. which shows the updated functions in that release): ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRX77r667pM
My only disappointment so far is the high power consumption - around
600mA on receive - but that's typical for all modern amateur SDR
transceivers (and the reason I designed my own).
73,? Bob W9RAN
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