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Alinco AM Radio
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Well, I cannot help if I get flamed - or at least some insults, because I think I might deserve them - but here's my question: I own an Alinco DJX5 'communications receiver'. I'be been able to receive everything from Cops to Coroners. (A couple years ago, we had a Medical Examiner in Toronto that was almost a comedian!) But, I digress....The DJX5 can monitor from 0.1 to 2200MHZ. Last night, I had to go to work and wanted to listen to the Boston / NY game while I was on way to wait for the bus. Since my scanner has 'no gaps' I assumed it would be a cakewalk to dial in the station and I'm all set right? Nope! Owing to my own stupidity, I didn't bother to have a quick peek in the manual to see if anything was different when programming a simple Am station instead os the usual 800 Mhz stuff I usually have programmed. Well, needless to say, I couldn't get my local Am whci is very powerful on my radio and I'm certain I did everthing right. Would anybody be kind enough to tell me where I went wrong? Again, I was in AM mode, step size was set to 1khz and I tried punching the the numbers several times. If I'm missing something very obvious - please just let me know. (Then, kick my ass to Alaska!) Thanks, Mike...hiding in a corner...T |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:59:56 -0400, "Michael"
wrote: Hi, Well, I cannot help if I get flamed - or at least some insults, because I think I might deserve them - but here's my question: I own an Alinco DJX5 'communications receiver'. I'be been able to receive everything from Cops to Coroners. (A couple years ago, we had a Medical Examiner in Toronto that was almost a comedian!) But, I digress....The DJX5 can monitor from 0.1 to 2200MHZ. Last night, I had to go to work and wanted to listen to the Boston / NY game while I was on way to wait for the bus. Since my scanner has 'no gaps' I assumed it would be a cakewalk to dial in the station and I'm all set right? Nope! Owing to my own stupidity, I didn't bother to have a quick peek in the manual to see if anything was different when programming a simple Am station instead os the usual 800 Mhz stuff I usually have programmed. Well, needless to say, I couldn't get my local Am whci is very powerful on my radio and I'm certain I did everthing right. Would anybody be kind enough to tell me where I went wrong? Again, I was in AM mode, step size was set to 1khz and I tried punching the the numbers several times. If I'm missing something very obvious - please just let me know. (Then, kick my ass to Alaska!) Thanks, Mike...hiding in a corner...T Mike, If you're having a reception problem rather than a frequency input problem, it's probably the antenna. I have an Alinco DJ-X2000, and couldn't get ANYTHING in MW/AM with the stock antenna. I attached a BNC test probe cable that I had lying around to the antenna jack, hooked one of the the cable's alligator clips to a few feet of hookup wire, and the stations came in much better. Then I tried my Radio Shack collapsible whip antenna, extended to the full length, and that worked even better. Here's the URL for that antenna: http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...%5Fid=20%2D006 I guess the stock antennas just aren't designed to perform on the lower frequencies. -- Dennis McCandless Chicago |
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"Dennis McCandless" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:59:56 -0400, "Michael" wrote: Hi, Well, I cannot help if I get flamed - or at least some insults, because I think I might deserve them - but here's my question: I own an Alinco DJX5 'communications receiver'. I'be been able to receive everything from Cops to Coroners. (A couple years ago, we had a Medical Examiner in Toronto that was almost a comedian!) But, I digress....The DJX5 can monitor from 0.1 to 2200MHZ. Last night, I had to go to work and wanted to listen to the Boston / NY game while I was on way to wait for the bus. Since my scanner has 'no gaps' I assumed it would be a cakewalk to dial in the station and I'm all set right? Nope! Owing to my own stupidity, I didn't bother to have a quick peek in the manual to see if anything was different when programming a simple Am station instead os the usual 800 Mhz stuff I usually have programmed. Well, needless to say, I couldn't get my local Am whci is very powerful on my radio and I'm certain I did everthing right. Would anybody be kind enough to tell me where I went wrong? Again, I was in AM mode, step size was set to 1khz and I tried punching the the numbers several times. If I'm missing something very obvious - please just let me know. (Then, kick my ass to Alaska!) Thanks, Mike...hiding in a corner...T Mike, If you're having a reception problem rather than a frequency input problem, it's probably the antenna. I have an Alinco DJ-X2000, and couldn't get ANYTHING in MW/AM with the stock antenna. I attached a BNC test probe cable that I had lying around to the antenna jack, hooked one of the the cable's alligator clips to a few feet of hookup wire, and the stations came in much better. Then I tried my Radio Shack collapsible whip antenna, extended to the full length, and that worked even better. Here's the URL for that antenna: http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...gory%5Fname=CT LG%5F008%5F009%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=20%2D006 I guess the stock antennas just aren't designed to perform on the lower frequencies. -- Dennis McCandless Chicago Thanks all. Yes, I tried enering the freq's starting with a '0', then a decimal, then a combo and still nothing. However, I was hearing 'something' in those lower bands, except there was no way to tell if I was on the correct station. Gonna' try a few experiments as well as your ideas. Thanks, Mike T |
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