excuse me sir do you have trembling hands that you can not keep the radio steady?
@o00scorpion00o14 күн бұрын
😁 yes, quite steady but someone had requested I make a LW station because he was surprised I couldn't pick up a particular station here in Ireland and LW signal being directional with the radio's built in antenna I had to swing it around a bit.
@manuelmolinacuberos668117 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video! Can you confirm where do you attach the counterpoise? Back screw of FT-817 chassis?
@wesfoulds47Ай бұрын
I have the pl-606 and pl-880
@wesfoulds47Ай бұрын
I like tecsun way better
@PopeyeKF4LBGАй бұрын
Love my FT450AT I didn't buy the Imax-2000 but instead i purchased the A99 and installed the Fire-up top whip... We will soon see if i am pleased with it or not... Very nice setup! Have a bunch of fun! 73 de KF4LBG
@o00scorpion00oАй бұрын
I'm watching the video again lol, I remember the mic gain is up high so I just moved away from the mic.
@gusflastateАй бұрын
How can I find this antenna? Thanks
@o00scorpion00oАй бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching. You can contact David at this email. [email protected]
@zohanzohanАй бұрын
wasting time showing updates being done , updating database- could have edited this nonsense out!!!
@o00scorpion00oАй бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@tropenbandАй бұрын
Why are you running on reduced power?
@aureliusprimus2 ай бұрын
Fine video and very nice receiver but I don't understand this hard "attack" of the sound in SSB TECSUN radios, when at the beginning of each sentence, the sound is aggressive like Pan pan Pan, and it surprises me every time, it's not soft and it's very unpleasant. I noticed the same thing on the PL880 and I know why the TECSUN have this recurring problem, that's why I hesitate with a good old SONY... the only TECSUN which doesn't have this problem , to my knowledge, is the S2000... And I don't know where this problem comes from and why TECSUN doesn't remedy it !! and no one ever talks about this problem!! Greetings 😀
@LambrosPapalambrou2 ай бұрын
What's the point listening something you don't understand?
@o00scorpion00o2 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching, the video is for demonstration purposes.
@popparamaiores2 ай бұрын
Essa rádio é do Brasil. Forró.
@vahanyazarian55823 ай бұрын
My old ears like the sound of the 680. Thank You!
@o00scorpion00o3 ай бұрын
You're welcome, thanks for watching ! Yes it is a nice sounding radio, a good antenna like the Bonito MA305 FT, good H155 coax and a good ground and you're have a really fantastic receiving setup.
@mariosallusti68733 ай бұрын
👍👍
@maxasaurus30083 ай бұрын
Dude, use the “scan” button! I just got mine yesterday and it’s damn fun!!
@Hunkiralyfi3 ай бұрын
Tecsun!
@chriscomms.23993 ай бұрын
Hello my Irish Brother ! I’ve been trying to locate one of these and found a company that has it listed as 2 different models. Could you please direct me on where I can purchase one ?
@o00scorpion00o3 ай бұрын
hi and thanks for watching, are you talking about the Abrecht radio or antenna ?
@chriscomms.23993 ай бұрын
Yes
@matteo06ita263 ай бұрын
Qso on 11m?
@o00scorpion00o3 ай бұрын
I could try 11m as I also like 11m but it's hard to know the swr and know the efficiency of the antenna, it was designed really for the FT-818 and radios like it that have SWR, it works better with the FT-818 and icom ic-705 because you know exactly how to adjust the antenna for lowest SWR. If the albrecht has SWR meter and regular Tuning + Lithium battery it would be perfect, a modern version of the Albrecht would be very nice. i do have an 11m whip but i don't think it is as good as the antenna in this video.
@McPilot_W3DDS3 ай бұрын
I wonder how it would work with solid core wire for stiffness?
@o00scorpion00o3 ай бұрын
Worth a try, copper @ 2 meter circumference is too heavy, it was designed to work with wire so yeah, solid wire should work well. Really happy with these loops. You'd be able to make ones for the different bands, always go for the most efficient size according to the MJ manual and not the multiband if you can.
@McPilot_W3DDS3 ай бұрын
Just ordered one from HRO today
@o00scorpion00o3 ай бұрын
@@McPilot_W3DDS Excellent, keep me updated !
@Hunkiralyfi4 ай бұрын
Pl-680 is indeed better.
@xentxent34004 ай бұрын
Sangean. LSB - 41m? What not 40m?
@sachininspright4 ай бұрын
Was the switch on bass or treble for this?
@sachininspright4 ай бұрын
The PL-680 has a by far fatiguing sound in comparison.
@sachininspright4 ай бұрын
The 680 has large conventional cone speaker of 77 mm dia and high sensitivity (16 ohm) that needs only 1W power to drive So it produces more natural, balanced sound which we are used to from older days. The 880 however has smaller 40 mm, but ultra-dynamic speaker (made of Mylar material) which has low sensitivity (4 ohms), therefore needs much higher power (3W), which is produced by Class AB amplifier (superior). Therefore, while the 880 sounds great for music (very resolving and dynamic sound), it sounds different from conventional radios that we are so used to. I'd imagine, those who listen mainly to music on FM stations will appreciate the 880's speaker. While those who are mainly into AM and DXing would fine the 680's speaker more to their preference (and also save money in the process).
@godfellas4834 ай бұрын
Thanks for an interesting video...! I would just like to add that the PL 990x isn't held in high regard for sound quality. The sidebands do only seem to make it worse. . ...cheers mate!
@o00scorpion00o4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, yes the PL-990x, 880, S-8800 sound is atrocious on SSB, the PL-330 is better and the H501x but far from perfect. I will never again buy a DSP radio unless SSB sound quality has been resolved which is unlikely.
@kenandbarbie-b6c4 ай бұрын
The Tecsun PL-680 is a decent portable SW radio. I use it when I travel because my neighborhood is blanketed with omnipresent digital noise. I also use an inexpensive wind up XHdata AN-80 antenna. This one also does airband, which outperforms my Radtel 470x HT, when used as a airband receiver. The only feature lacking is a squelch which would have been good on airband. Thanks for the video.
@1Barsamian5 ай бұрын
This guy smacking his lips during the video, makes him sound like an idiot. I won’t listen to this crap.
@1Barsamian5 ай бұрын
The guy licking his lips when he’s talking makes him sound like an idiot. Can’t listen to this crap.
@bunnieslover31815 ай бұрын
Those 10mm soft copper pipe are a very good idea! Could you please tell how much would be need to operated on 30m ?
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
@bunnieslover3181Hi And thanks for watching, for 30m you'd need 6.96 meters of copper in total for the most efficient operation on 30m. Obviously this is too large to be supported but the mount I have in this video. Here's the manual with the different loop sizes manuals.repeater-builder.com/MFJ/MFJ-9232/MFJ-9232manual_rev2.pdfrecommended by MFJ. The multiband loops work but won't be as efficient as the single loops. Still, I made up a loop with 2.75 meters of pipe and worked all over Europe on 30/20/17-M and 20 watts. I made one up for 20m using the larger 4 meter loop if I remember correctly and made contacts from Ireland to North America with 20 watts. I used a portable fiberglass mast for support. I was really surprised with it's performance. You could try thick wire also might be easier to work with.
@bunnieslover31815 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00oThanks for your answer. I am going to test 7m with copper wire and will try to find a solution to hold this heavy weight... Can I put the device on a table or do I have to put it standing up?
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
@@bunnieslover3181 You'd have to find some way to hold the tuner box with 7m of copper pipe, it was designed to use wire, if you can find thicker wire maybe try this first. I have the MFJ-9535c and it's a lot bigger and I sit it on a table but for larger loops I use a fiberglass mast. It handles 150 watts too. I've had a lot of fun around Europe with 4 meters of loop, that's just about the limit for the MFJ-9535 C to hold on it's own. Let me know how you get on with your experiments.
@bunnieslover31815 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00oActually, there is a mistake in the MFJ data. 20 feet makes 6,096 meters...
@eyadabusharar24575 ай бұрын
? pl330 vs pl680 What happened after 3 years ago Sure makes me wonder if you have update 😊
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
eyadabusharar2457 I've made some videos after this one But none in a little while because I don't really have much to add but I might make some before the Winter is out.
@eyadabusharar24575 ай бұрын
Which one better on Am Best Regards
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching, do you mean the medium wave band or the mode AM ?
@eyadabusharar24575 ай бұрын
Am
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
@@eyadabusharar2457 This is a hard one for me to explain what I think and the reasons why in a shortish reply but I'll give it a go. If you listen to SSB the the PL-680 is the best, by far as the audio quality on the 990x is truly rubbish as it is with most DSP radios which is the No.1 reason I avoid them. Even if you don't listen to SSB and listen to Medium Wave and Short Wave bands using SSB has huge advantages to reduce the effects of fading and sources of noise that the filters on DSP radios often can't remove because the noise is still within the passband of the filters where as using SSB eliminates one side of the carrier altogether and this method is called ECSS. The advantage the PL-990x and H501x + the PL-330 is that LW and MW reception is greatly improved when using an external antenna, unfortunately this is not the case with the majority of radios including the PL-680. On the PL-990x you have to press and hold No.5 until CH-5 or something like that appears on the screen, this disconnects the internal antenna, if you don't do this then the radio will overload. If you listen mainly to the Shortwave bands than I would get the PL-680 because the radio is a lot cheaper and performs excellently with external antenna, I always recommend an external antenna if you can get the Bonito MA305 with optional longer whip it's a tiny antenna with remarkable performance. If however you want to only use the telescopic whip antenna then the PL-990x has slightly better performance but you might find that with all the electrical noise from modern electronics that you can't pick up much more than noise and will have to head out of town in the country. In a noisy environment an External antenna might not work too well either but it will always work a lot better than inside. You can see if sources of noise are coming from your home, LED light bulbs, phone and laptop chargers especially non original imported junk can cause a lot of noise. I hope I explained the difference between the 2 radios ok ? 🙂
@eyadabusharar24575 ай бұрын
What a nice informtion Thanks a lot 😊
@mosfet5005 ай бұрын
That station is killing me!
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching, the station is killing you, what do you mean ?
@mosfet5005 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o The content of station you were tuned into, I have a problem with people yelling God at me. Not about you, you were just demonstrating the aspects of the radio.
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
@@mosfet500 oh right, to be honest I wasn’t paying much attention to the programming 😊
@kenandbarbie-b6c4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m saved!
@o00scorpion00o4 ай бұрын
@@kenandbarbie-b6c Wonderful! thanks for watching !
@pameladonald95175 ай бұрын
Love this. I don't think I have heard some of these tunes before and I listen to Foster & Allen all day most days!
@o00scorpion00o5 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching, yes, as with most Irish artists of the past, much of their music was never re-released on Digital and only for some vinyl and tapes this music would be lost forever and it's shameful more hasn't been done by Irish artists and record companies to re-release full albums on digital. Tracks like, A bunch of Thyme and Drink up the cider have been released on CD on different albums but tracks like the fiddler and others, I have not personally heard or known of them on any other released forms of media.
@pameladonald26885 ай бұрын
I am not Irish - 87-year old South African! - but I love the music so think I must have been there in a previous life! I just love the joy that comes through with Foster and Allen. They have a wonderful partnership.@@o00scorpion00o
@necatisuran91226 ай бұрын
Why antenna gain is at local? Should be dx position i guess.
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching. I was using an external antenna and the antenna switch would be at Local or Medium to stop or reduce the effects of strong signals or overloading when using an external antenna. Using the telescopic whip I would put the antenna switch to DX. Since making this video our local 252 Khz transmitter was switched off and the antenna destroyed so I would probably not suffer as much from overload today. I haven't used any of my portable radios in some time.
@sherrilbjalexander28566 ай бұрын
I have and ATS 120 and don't know how to connect it to my wifi? Can't find anything.
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
I had to bring mine right up to the wifi router, the radio doesn't have built in antenna for wifi so you would have to add this yourself, same with the ATS-25.
@HiroharuRadio6 ай бұрын
Nice QSO 👍
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for watching, I always enjoy making contacts with such equipment, it's a lot of fun. -)
@martinryan50696 ай бұрын
A year later watched the video again excellent I got the 330 and the xdata d 808 they are keepers love the 330
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
Hi and thanks for your kind comments, good luck with your radios, I hope you enjoy them !
@martinryan50696 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o 👍
@BrekMartin6 ай бұрын
That’s an FT-818. Clickbait!
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
Click bait ? I see I made a mistake in the title but oh well.
@sidneycavalcant6 ай бұрын
Já usou o ats25 max decoder ?
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
Ei, desculpe pelo atraso na resposta, espero que você esteja bem? Não, não tenho o decodificador no ATS-25.
@sidneycavalcant6 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o What is the practical difference?
@juvenalmorais84076 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🤝🙏
@MohammedinAlshamiri7 ай бұрын
مرحباً عزيزي اريد منك ترشيح راديو يكون الافضل على الاطلاق حسب خبرتك وتجاربك 🙏🏻
@o00scorpion00o6 ай бұрын
مرحبًا، شكرًا على المشاهدة وآسف على الرد المتأخر. آمل أن تعمل هذه الترجمة بشكل جيد؟ أفضل راديو في رأيي هو Tecsun PL-680 ويرجع ذلك في الغالب إلى الأداء والسعر وصوت SSB أفضل بكثير من راديو DSP.
@MohammedinAlshamiri6 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o اشكرك جدا على الاجابة اذا ما قارنا Tecsun Pl-680 و Tecsun Pl-880 ايهم افضل
@zkc-np9iz7 ай бұрын
909x贵很多
@o00scorpion00o7 ай бұрын
您好，感謝您的觀看。 是的，909 X2 更貴，但它是一款 SSB 聽起來更好的收音機，但也有它自己的缺點， 我強烈推薦德生 PL-680，因為它是一款純模擬收音機，在 SSB 或 ECSS 上聽起來非常出色。 我會避免使用 PL-990x，它是 SSB 上音質最差的收音機之一，使得 ECSS 不可能實現。 最重要的是嘗試獲得一個好的天線，尤其是在室外。 我希望這個谷歌翻譯對你有用，如果沒有，我會用英語發布，你可以使用你自己的翻譯器 Hi and thanks for watching. Yes the 909 X2 is more expensive but it's a far better sounding radio on SSB but not without its own faults, I highly recommend the Tecsun PL-680 as it's a pure analogue radio and sounds excellent on SSB or ECSS. I would avoid the PL-990x, it's one of the worst sounding radios on SSB making ECSS impossible. Most of all try get a good antenna, especially outside. I hope this google translate works for you if not I will post in English and you can use your own translator.
@ishaqkhan39937 ай бұрын
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@user-bt5hv8kc6p7 ай бұрын
1396😊💪👏👍
@Hunkiralyfi7 ай бұрын
Sony has superior audio quality.
@Homer195218 ай бұрын
AGC Pop distortion is unacceptable on the Tecsuns. I had a 330 & sold it because of that & the soft mute. I still have my PL-600. And the SSB on the Sangean is whimpy. I like my Belka the best overall for a small portable. It has a gain control and the designer got the AGC right. Thanx for the great vid!! 👍
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
Belka is a great radio but I hardly use it because I get a lot better satisfaction using the Tecsun PL-680, traditional radio and the PL-680 is quite a good radio and does ECSS excellently.
@nivid018 ай бұрын
I have not heard so much bullshit communication as long as I can remember with the overuse of the phonetic alphabet and the constant repeat of callsigns. No wonder people want nothing to do with amateur radio!
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
The phonetic alphabet is used due to conditions, language barriers and people who have difficulty understanding a particular accent. It's pretty much standard practice. QRP can be a challenge, I can go to the shack and power up the ACOM 1000, but that's easy. I don't know what your problem is anyway, if you don't like the hobby or are not a licence holder why does it bother you so much ?
@StratmanII8 ай бұрын
Hi Mark, I quite forgot that I had previously commented on this video. Is the ATS-120 supposed to come with the waterfall display? Someone who commented on the SWLing blog mentioned that it does, but he did not elaborate the firmware version. I've tried asking the seller from China but to avail, their automated translation doesn't work. That is, they don't understand what "firmware version" is. The seller is probably just a drop shipper and doesn't specialise in shortwave radios. I have since purchased a Malahit clone based on the V2 form factor running 1.10d by HFDY and an AirSpy HF+ Discovery SDR. The MLA-30+ loop antenna that I have is set up indoors, but is kind of noisy when paired with the AirSpy. I'm not sure if I want to climb up the roof to install the MLA-30+ outside as it's the rainy season in SE Asia with lightning strikes. Between the ATS-120, ATS-125X1 and ATS-125X2 (with WiFi) which one would you purchase again if it were damaged or stolen? 🙂 I was thinking of getting myself a birthday present and I'm not sure about the ATS series. Many thanks!
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
Hey, how you doing ? No, the ATS-120 does not have a waterfall. Any antenna is going to be noisy inside, get it on the roof when safe and make sure to ground it and ground the coax inside your apartment if you can. The Ats 120 is better but in all honesty, the Malahit clone would be better than both the ATS-120 and ATS-25 x
@StratmanII8 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o I'm doing just OK, mate thanks for asking. Just been busy watching the events around the world, including the protests in Ireland. 🙂 I've watched videos on the OM0ET ham channel on YT; I distinctly remember he has an ATS-120 and ATS-25X2 that were upgraded to the latest Arduino software with a waterfall spectrum display. No doubt that the Malahit clone hardware is more powerful with its MSI001 tuner chip but the DSP2 with ver 2.30 is rather expensive at the moment. The DSP2 is like what the V2 models used to cost a few years back. To add further confusion, two Malahit clones based on the 1.10d firmware are also for sale as I write this: the V5 DSP1 model with the speaker on the left side and the V9 DSP1 model that uses the same case (with twin antennas) as the DSP2. The V5 costs about 166 Euros, the V9 is priced about 185 Euros while the DSP2 (firmware 2.30) is as high as 285 Euros. I'm not in a hurry to get the DSP2 since what we are seeing on the market are the early versions that will be improved next year. In the meantime, both the ATS-25X2/Max Decoder and the ATS-120 have caught my fancy. If you would have to let go either your ATS-120 or the ATS-25X1, which one would it be? And yes, I'm still keeping my PL-680 all the same.🙂
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
@@StratmanII Dublin protests, yes, Ireland made a big mistake joining the E.U, the Government at the time sold it to us as we'd get rich and in some ways people got wealthier and we got some good roads but the reality is that we lost our ability to control our own country and people are now poorer than they have been since maybe the 1980s, there are many people now using pay as you go electricity and gas meters as the cost of energy has sky rocketed, there has never been as many people homeless in our history. There is a lot more going on in Ireland than the Government and Media care to highlight. Ireland "republic" has population of 5 million and around 260,000 People can't pay their electric bills. House prices have never been so high and many people in their 30s are still living with their parents and can't even afford rent. A friend of mine goes to Manila every year for the last number of years and absolutely loves it. The freedom from Western society is incredible for him. He has a friend here who married a Woman from there somewhere up the mountains. But he goes back now every year to the village and really loves it and the people. He says, Manila makes Dublin look poor ! I would keep the ATS-120 for sure ! Send me a link to the ATS waterfall video please.
@wavezone25668 ай бұрын
Is the battery enough for a long time?
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
Hey, long time, hope you are doing good ? The battery will last several hrs booth TX and RX and there is the option of buying more batteries and a larger capacity battery. I have a battery bank, you know the ones for charging phones and tablets ? it will provide 30 watts via USB C and I got a USB C to 12v cable on Amazon which will allow me run the 705 for a whole afternoon and probably much more both tx and rx at 10w. It's a very neat trick using the USB C to 12v cable and I can charge it from any USB C power + It also allows me full 10 watts on TX ! or very close. Icom really should have USB C as standard. Very cool radio, very happy with the 705 and Glad I did not get the Xiegu 6100. More videos to come, I hope to make more out portable away from home.
@wavezone25668 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00oEverything is fine with me, despite the increased radio interference in my region, I am trying to catch any signal and it fascinates me. I see that your creative radio process is also not standing still, new antennas and new opportunities)
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
@@wavezone2566 Unfortunately noise is a big issue for many people but at least the opportunity exists to work portable. One reason I put my Kiwi SDRs online was to give people who are not as fortunate as I am to live in such a quiet location a chance to be able to listen to the bands. I've actually had the Super Antenna since around 2019. It's a good antenna, with 100w I will always be heard with it, great compact antenna that can be set up anywhere. I used it one day, it was too windy for the tripod so I used the supplied clamp and clamped it to a gate to a field.
@wavezone25668 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o Is this antenna active?
@o00scorpion00o8 ай бұрын
@@wavezone2566 No the Super Antenna MP1 is not an active antenna, I could not transmit through an active antenna.
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excuse me sir do you have trembling hands that you can not keep the radio steady?
😁 yes, quite steady but someone had requested I make a LW station because he was surprised I couldn't pick up a particular station here in Ireland and LW signal being directional with the radio's built in antenna I had to swing it around a bit.
Thanks for the video! Can you confirm where do you attach the counterpoise? Back screw of FT-817 chassis?
I have the pl-606 and pl-880
I like tecsun way better
Love my FT450AT I didn't buy the Imax-2000 but instead i purchased the A99 and installed the Fire-up top whip... We will soon see if i am pleased with it or not... Very nice setup! Have a bunch of fun! 73 de KF4LBG
I'm watching the video again lol, I remember the mic gain is up high so I just moved away from the mic.
How can I find this antenna? Thanks
Hi and thanks for watching. You can contact David at this email. [email protected]
wasting time showing updates being done , updating database- could have edited this nonsense out!!!
Thanks for watching.
Why are you running on reduced power?
Fine video and very nice receiver but I don't understand this hard "attack" of the sound in SSB TECSUN radios, when at the beginning of each sentence, the sound is aggressive like Pan pan Pan, and it surprises me every time, it's not soft and it's very unpleasant. I noticed the same thing on the PL880 and I know why the TECSUN have this recurring problem, that's why I hesitate with a good old SONY... the only TECSUN which doesn't have this problem , to my knowledge, is the S2000... And I don't know where this problem comes from and why TECSUN doesn't remedy it !! and no one ever talks about this problem!! Greetings 😀
What's the point listening something you don't understand?
Hi and thanks for watching, the video is for demonstration purposes.
Essa rádio é do Brasil. Forró.
My old ears like the sound of the 680. Thank You!
You're welcome, thanks for watching ! Yes it is a nice sounding radio, a good antenna like the Bonito MA305 FT, good H155 coax and a good ground and you're have a really fantastic receiving setup.
👍👍
Dude, use the “scan” button! I just got mine yesterday and it’s damn fun!!
Tecsun!
Hello my Irish Brother ! I’ve been trying to locate one of these and found a company that has it listed as 2 different models. Could you please direct me on where I can purchase one ?
hi and thanks for watching, are you talking about the Abrecht radio or antenna ?
Yes
Qso on 11m?
I could try 11m as I also like 11m but it's hard to know the swr and know the efficiency of the antenna, it was designed really for the FT-818 and radios like it that have SWR, it works better with the FT-818 and icom ic-705 because you know exactly how to adjust the antenna for lowest SWR. If the albrecht has SWR meter and regular Tuning + Lithium battery it would be perfect, a modern version of the Albrecht would be very nice. i do have an 11m whip but i don't think it is as good as the antenna in this video.
I wonder how it would work with solid core wire for stiffness?
Worth a try, copper @ 2 meter circumference is too heavy, it was designed to work with wire so yeah, solid wire should work well. Really happy with these loops. You'd be able to make ones for the different bands, always go for the most efficient size according to the MJ manual and not the multiband if you can.
Just ordered one from HRO today
@@McPilot_W3DDS Excellent, keep me updated !
Pl-680 is indeed better.
Sangean. LSB - 41m? What not 40m?
Was the switch on bass or treble for this?
The PL-680 has a by far fatiguing sound in comparison.
The 680 has large conventional cone speaker of 77 mm dia and high sensitivity (16 ohm) that needs only 1W power to drive So it produces more natural, balanced sound which we are used to from older days. The 880 however has smaller 40 mm, but ultra-dynamic speaker (made of Mylar material) which has low sensitivity (4 ohms), therefore needs much higher power (3W), which is produced by Class AB amplifier (superior). Therefore, while the 880 sounds great for music (very resolving and dynamic sound), it sounds different from conventional radios that we are so used to. I'd imagine, those who listen mainly to music on FM stations will appreciate the 880's speaker. While those who are mainly into AM and DXing would fine the 680's speaker more to their preference (and also save money in the process).
Thanks for an interesting video...! I would just like to add that the PL 990x isn't held in high regard for sound quality. The sidebands do only seem to make it worse. . ...cheers mate!
Thanks for watching, yes the PL-990x, 880, S-8800 sound is atrocious on SSB, the PL-330 is better and the H501x but far from perfect. I will never again buy a DSP radio unless SSB sound quality has been resolved which is unlikely.
The Tecsun PL-680 is a decent portable SW radio. I use it when I travel because my neighborhood is blanketed with omnipresent digital noise. I also use an inexpensive wind up XHdata AN-80 antenna. This one also does airband, which outperforms my Radtel 470x HT, when used as a airband receiver. The only feature lacking is a squelch which would have been good on airband. Thanks for the video.
This guy smacking his lips during the video, makes him sound like an idiot. I won’t listen to this crap.
The guy licking his lips when he’s talking makes him sound like an idiot. Can’t listen to this crap.
Those 10mm soft copper pipe are a very good idea! Could you please tell how much would be need to operated on 30m ?
@bunnieslover3181Hi And thanks for watching, for 30m you'd need 6.96 meters of copper in total for the most efficient operation on 30m. Obviously this is too large to be supported but the mount I have in this video. Here's the manual with the different loop sizes manuals.repeater-builder.com/MFJ/MFJ-9232/MFJ-9232manual_rev2.pdfrecommended by MFJ. The multiband loops work but won't be as efficient as the single loops. Still, I made up a loop with 2.75 meters of pipe and worked all over Europe on 30/20/17-M and 20 watts. I made one up for 20m using the larger 4 meter loop if I remember correctly and made contacts from Ireland to North America with 20 watts. I used a portable fiberglass mast for support. I was really surprised with it's performance. You could try thick wire also might be easier to work with.
@@o00scorpion00oThanks for your answer. I am going to test 7m with copper wire and will try to find a solution to hold this heavy weight... Can I put the device on a table or do I have to put it standing up?
@@bunnieslover3181 You'd have to find some way to hold the tuner box with 7m of copper pipe, it was designed to use wire, if you can find thicker wire maybe try this first. I have the MFJ-9535c and it's a lot bigger and I sit it on a table but for larger loops I use a fiberglass mast. It handles 150 watts too. I've had a lot of fun around Europe with 4 meters of loop, that's just about the limit for the MFJ-9535 C to hold on it's own. Let me know how you get on with your experiments.
@@o00scorpion00oActually, there is a mistake in the MFJ data. 20 feet makes 6,096 meters...
? pl330 vs pl680 What happened after 3 years ago Sure makes me wonder if you have update 😊
eyadabusharar2457 I've made some videos after this one But none in a little while because I don't really have much to add but I might make some before the Winter is out.
Which one better on Am Best Regards
Hi and thanks for watching, do you mean the medium wave band or the mode AM ?
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@@eyadabusharar2457 This is a hard one for me to explain what I think and the reasons why in a shortish reply but I'll give it a go. If you listen to SSB the the PL-680 is the best, by far as the audio quality on the 990x is truly rubbish as it is with most DSP radios which is the No.1 reason I avoid them. Even if you don't listen to SSB and listen to Medium Wave and Short Wave bands using SSB has huge advantages to reduce the effects of fading and sources of noise that the filters on DSP radios often can't remove because the noise is still within the passband of the filters where as using SSB eliminates one side of the carrier altogether and this method is called ECSS. The advantage the PL-990x and H501x + the PL-330 is that LW and MW reception is greatly improved when using an external antenna, unfortunately this is not the case with the majority of radios including the PL-680. On the PL-990x you have to press and hold No.5 until CH-5 or something like that appears on the screen, this disconnects the internal antenna, if you don't do this then the radio will overload. If you listen mainly to the Shortwave bands than I would get the PL-680 because the radio is a lot cheaper and performs excellently with external antenna, I always recommend an external antenna if you can get the Bonito MA305 with optional longer whip it's a tiny antenna with remarkable performance. If however you want to only use the telescopic whip antenna then the PL-990x has slightly better performance but you might find that with all the electrical noise from modern electronics that you can't pick up much more than noise and will have to head out of town in the country. In a noisy environment an External antenna might not work too well either but it will always work a lot better than inside. You can see if sources of noise are coming from your home, LED light bulbs, phone and laptop chargers especially non original imported junk can cause a lot of noise. I hope I explained the difference between the 2 radios ok ? 🙂
What a nice informtion Thanks a lot 😊
That station is killing me!
Hi and thanks for watching, the station is killing you, what do you mean ?
@@o00scorpion00o The content of station you were tuned into, I have a problem with people yelling God at me. Not about you, you were just demonstrating the aspects of the radio.
@@mosfet500 oh right, to be honest I wasn’t paying much attention to the programming 😊
Thank you! I’m saved!
@@kenandbarbie-b6c Wonderful! thanks for watching !
Love this. I don't think I have heard some of these tunes before and I listen to Foster & Allen all day most days!
Hi and thanks for watching, yes, as with most Irish artists of the past, much of their music was never re-released on Digital and only for some vinyl and tapes this music would be lost forever and it's shameful more hasn't been done by Irish artists and record companies to re-release full albums on digital. Tracks like, A bunch of Thyme and Drink up the cider have been released on CD on different albums but tracks like the fiddler and others, I have not personally heard or known of them on any other released forms of media.
I am not Irish - 87-year old South African! - but I love the music so think I must have been there in a previous life! I just love the joy that comes through with Foster and Allen. They have a wonderful partnership.@@o00scorpion00o
Why antenna gain is at local? Should be dx position i guess.
Hi and thanks for watching. I was using an external antenna and the antenna switch would be at Local or Medium to stop or reduce the effects of strong signals or overloading when using an external antenna. Using the telescopic whip I would put the antenna switch to DX. Since making this video our local 252 Khz transmitter was switched off and the antenna destroyed so I would probably not suffer as much from overload today. I haven't used any of my portable radios in some time.
I have and ATS 120 and don't know how to connect it to my wifi? Can't find anything.
I had to bring mine right up to the wifi router, the radio doesn't have built in antenna for wifi so you would have to add this yourself, same with the ATS-25.
Nice QSO 👍
Hi and thanks for watching, I always enjoy making contacts with such equipment, it's a lot of fun. -)
A year later watched the video again excellent I got the 330 and the xdata d 808 they are keepers love the 330
Hi and thanks for your kind comments, good luck with your radios, I hope you enjoy them !
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That’s an FT-818. Clickbait!
Click bait ? I see I made a mistake in the title but oh well.
Já usou o ats25 max decoder ?
Ei, desculpe pelo atraso na resposta, espero que você esteja bem? Não, não tenho o decodificador no ATS-25.
@@o00scorpion00o What is the practical difference?
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مرحباً عزيزي اريد منك ترشيح راديو يكون الافضل على الاطلاق حسب خبرتك وتجاربك 🙏🏻
مرحبًا، شكرًا على المشاهدة وآسف على الرد المتأخر. آمل أن تعمل هذه الترجمة بشكل جيد؟ أفضل راديو في رأيي هو Tecsun PL-680 ويرجع ذلك في الغالب إلى الأداء والسعر وصوت SSB أفضل بكثير من راديو DSP.
@@o00scorpion00o اشكرك جدا على الاجابة اذا ما قارنا Tecsun Pl-680 و Tecsun Pl-880 ايهم افضل
909x贵很多
您好，感謝您的觀看。 是的，909 X2 更貴，但它是一款 SSB 聽起來更好的收音機，但也有它自己的缺點， 我強烈推薦德生 PL-680，因為它是一款純模擬收音機，在 SSB 或 ECSS 上聽起來非常出色。 我會避免使用 PL-990x，它是 SSB 上音質最差的收音機之一，使得 ECSS 不可能實現。 最重要的是嘗試獲得一個好的天線，尤其是在室外。 我希望這個谷歌翻譯對你有用，如果沒有，我會用英語發布，你可以使用你自己的翻譯器 Hi and thanks for watching. Yes the 909 X2 is more expensive but it's a far better sounding radio on SSB but not without its own faults, I highly recommend the Tecsun PL-680 as it's a pure analogue radio and sounds excellent on SSB or ECSS. I would avoid the PL-990x, it's one of the worst sounding radios on SSB making ECSS impossible. Most of all try get a good antenna, especially outside. I hope this google translate works for you if not I will post in English and you can use your own translator.
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Sony has superior audio quality.
AGC Pop distortion is unacceptable on the Tecsuns. I had a 330 & sold it because of that & the soft mute. I still have my PL-600. And the SSB on the Sangean is whimpy. I like my Belka the best overall for a small portable. It has a gain control and the designer got the AGC right. Thanx for the great vid!! 👍
Belka is a great radio but I hardly use it because I get a lot better satisfaction using the Tecsun PL-680, traditional radio and the PL-680 is quite a good radio and does ECSS excellently.
I have not heard so much bullshit communication as long as I can remember with the overuse of the phonetic alphabet and the constant repeat of callsigns. No wonder people want nothing to do with amateur radio!
The phonetic alphabet is used due to conditions, language barriers and people who have difficulty understanding a particular accent. It's pretty much standard practice. QRP can be a challenge, I can go to the shack and power up the ACOM 1000, but that's easy. I don't know what your problem is anyway, if you don't like the hobby or are not a licence holder why does it bother you so much ?
Hi Mark, I quite forgot that I had previously commented on this video. Is the ATS-120 supposed to come with the waterfall display? Someone who commented on the SWLing blog mentioned that it does, but he did not elaborate the firmware version. I've tried asking the seller from China but to avail, their automated translation doesn't work. That is, they don't understand what "firmware version" is. The seller is probably just a drop shipper and doesn't specialise in shortwave radios. I have since purchased a Malahit clone based on the V2 form factor running 1.10d by HFDY and an AirSpy HF+ Discovery SDR. The MLA-30+ loop antenna that I have is set up indoors, but is kind of noisy when paired with the AirSpy. I'm not sure if I want to climb up the roof to install the MLA-30+ outside as it's the rainy season in SE Asia with lightning strikes. Between the ATS-120, ATS-125X1 and ATS-125X2 (with WiFi) which one would you purchase again if it were damaged or stolen? 🙂 I was thinking of getting myself a birthday present and I'm not sure about the ATS series. Many thanks!
Hey, how you doing ? No, the ATS-120 does not have a waterfall. Any antenna is going to be noisy inside, get it on the roof when safe and make sure to ground it and ground the coax inside your apartment if you can. The Ats 120 is better but in all honesty, the Malahit clone would be better than both the ATS-120 and ATS-25 x
@@o00scorpion00o I'm doing just OK, mate thanks for asking. Just been busy watching the events around the world, including the protests in Ireland. 🙂 I've watched videos on the OM0ET ham channel on YT; I distinctly remember he has an ATS-120 and ATS-25X2 that were upgraded to the latest Arduino software with a waterfall spectrum display. No doubt that the Malahit clone hardware is more powerful with its MSI001 tuner chip but the DSP2 with ver 2.30 is rather expensive at the moment. The DSP2 is like what the V2 models used to cost a few years back. To add further confusion, two Malahit clones based on the 1.10d firmware are also for sale as I write this: the V5 DSP1 model with the speaker on the left side and the V9 DSP1 model that uses the same case (with twin antennas) as the DSP2. The V5 costs about 166 Euros, the V9 is priced about 185 Euros while the DSP2 (firmware 2.30) is as high as 285 Euros. I'm not in a hurry to get the DSP2 since what we are seeing on the market are the early versions that will be improved next year. In the meantime, both the ATS-25X2/Max Decoder and the ATS-120 have caught my fancy. If you would have to let go either your ATS-120 or the ATS-25X1, which one would it be? And yes, I'm still keeping my PL-680 all the same.🙂
@@StratmanII Dublin protests, yes, Ireland made a big mistake joining the E.U, the Government at the time sold it to us as we'd get rich and in some ways people got wealthier and we got some good roads but the reality is that we lost our ability to control our own country and people are now poorer than they have been since maybe the 1980s, there are many people now using pay as you go electricity and gas meters as the cost of energy has sky rocketed, there has never been as many people homeless in our history. There is a lot more going on in Ireland than the Government and Media care to highlight. Ireland "republic" has population of 5 million and around 260,000 People can't pay their electric bills. House prices have never been so high and many people in their 30s are still living with their parents and can't even afford rent. A friend of mine goes to Manila every year for the last number of years and absolutely loves it. The freedom from Western society is incredible for him. He has a friend here who married a Woman from there somewhere up the mountains. But he goes back now every year to the village and really loves it and the people. He says, Manila makes Dublin look poor ! I would keep the ATS-120 for sure ! Send me a link to the ATS waterfall video please.
Is the battery enough for a long time?
Hey, long time, hope you are doing good ? The battery will last several hrs booth TX and RX and there is the option of buying more batteries and a larger capacity battery. I have a battery bank, you know the ones for charging phones and tablets ? it will provide 30 watts via USB C and I got a USB C to 12v cable on Amazon which will allow me run the 705 for a whole afternoon and probably much more both tx and rx at 10w. It's a very neat trick using the USB C to 12v cable and I can charge it from any USB C power + It also allows me full 10 watts on TX ! or very close. Icom really should have USB C as standard. Very cool radio, very happy with the 705 and Glad I did not get the Xiegu 6100. More videos to come, I hope to make more out portable away from home.
@@o00scorpion00oEverything is fine with me, despite the increased radio interference in my region, I am trying to catch any signal and it fascinates me. I see that your creative radio process is also not standing still, new antennas and new opportunities)
@@wavezone2566 Unfortunately noise is a big issue for many people but at least the opportunity exists to work portable. One reason I put my Kiwi SDRs online was to give people who are not as fortunate as I am to live in such a quiet location a chance to be able to listen to the bands. I've actually had the Super Antenna since around 2019. It's a good antenna, with 100w I will always be heard with it, great compact antenna that can be set up anywhere. I used it one day, it was too windy for the tripod so I used the supplied clamp and clamped it to a gate to a field.
@@o00scorpion00o Is this antenna active?
@@wavezone2566 No the Super Antenna MP1 is not an active antenna, I could not transmit through an active antenna.
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