January 2016 people make resolutions to quit smoking, eating cakes, smoke or drink too much. Here the resolution is to clear out the cupboard and keep only what has earned its space either for the house radio or the car.
Car:
The car is the easiest solution as know exactly what I will use and why:
Antennas:
President Colorado and Texas Power 1800
They’ve earned a spot as work well, never let me down and nice to use. Well made in Barcelona, and it’s good to support EU made antennas.
Wilson 5000 & 1/4 Tank Whip
Much like the above President these antennas have worked and worked super well and I’m delighted the contacts I’ve had with them. 1/4 is EU Made in Birmingham by Sigma Eurocomm
Sirio Turbo 5000 & Centre Loaded Turbo 5000
Reliable, excellent working, good bandwidth and well made EU Antenna.
Plug N Play Station:
For quick use when needed on the highway, simple solution is the President Virginia and radio either ElMago modified AE-6110 or the Team MiniCom EU Multi Norm.
SSB:
The hardest solution as nothing is perfect for the car, I am specific and need something that is reliable and dependable. So, for those reasons I will probably use Lincoln II. Second off will be the CRT 6900n, new additions used as and when will be the AT6666 and Grant II Premium. The latter as power is ok, and away from the home location all the above work extremely well. At home can actually only use the 6900n which has S2 of noise compared to the rest.
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Home based Situation:
Noise and how it is handled is the pre requisite for what I have the ability to use here sadly. Grant II and Premium is a non starter as S7 white noise, CRT 6900n with S2 is a possible solution or the AT-6666 with S3 on SSB. Other than that it’s the HF route with a good DSP.
Home Use:
AM/FM: That is simple really. Stabo 4060e, President Henry ASC, Albrecht AE-6110, CRT One as they all handle well and work exceptionally well on AM and provide me the audio that I need and the White noise does not seem to effect these. So, simple indeed.
SSB:
Used to be so easy. President all the way. Used them since 8 years old and always worked. Now it is harder, extremely hard. Can be old Lincoln 1 am lucky to have a couple of boxed ones here or indeed a George as they behave well and have no related white noise issues (not last time tested) Mikes On these will be Sadelta, CRT577 and Konektor 5000 modified EC2002 as the man is a genius and the audio the radios deliver is amazing. Otherwise EU SSB will be Bearcat 980. Uniden made and works excellent.
Antennas:
Again very simple as limited space, limited height available and want the best bang for the £, $ or €. The past year plus has been President Himalaya and when not used an old 1990s Antron 99. Coverage is good, easy to install and receives well. Sirio Gainmaster as the spare, Imax2000 in box but cannot be used as location would make it always a banana.
Hilltop Antenna:
Also very simple indeed. Welsh Made T2LT on a 10m roachpole. Worked 4536km on SSB with 50w so when that happens no need to swap to anything else. Antennas are available on eBay, shipped fast and work exceptionally well. Portable radio President Randy II by Chieftek. Works well, well made, sounds nice and covers all things that you need and with a battery eliminator works from 12v easily and not any issues at all.
Mikes:
Also quite simple. The best is the EC-2002 from konektor5000
Then there are Sadelta, CR577, Teardrop, Tel-Serwis EC-2002
So all resolved there and nothing needing to be changed or modified
So 2016 will be new start in many ways and new ideas, new dreams to chase and a lot of stuff will be shipped off and packed away and sold.
What have you got? Dumped or kept and why?
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