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| Author: | tonyclark [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/frg9600.htm Bought one for $35 I'll get it on Monday. Anyone have one? I know it has good and bad reviews. |
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| Author: | the Outlaw [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Can't go wrong for that price. |
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| Author: | n7maq [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
I had one over 20 years ago, it was a great rig for mil-air. It was not the best scanner in the world,but it is way more than that. I also had the video card in mine. I remember having it out at Hillsboro in 89 (give or take a year) to watch the Blue Angels. Jim |
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| Author: | Marcus [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
tonyclark wrote: http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/frg9600.htm Bought one for $35 I'll get it on Monday. Anyone have one? I know it has good and bad reviews. You paid 35 bones? It works? = You done der good!! |
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| Author: | tonyclark [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Marcus wrote: tonyclark wrote: http://www.rigpix.com/yaesu/frg9600.htm Bought one for $35 I'll get it on Monday. Anyone have one? I know it has good and bad reviews. You paid 35 bones? It works? = You done der good!! Yes it works but over 400mhz he said it was a little weak. I didn't care about that, something about it I had to have it. It was a "radio-thing" |
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| Author: | kb7dqh [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Well, if it works... Actually they all are a bit "deaf" above 460 Mhz... but nothing a good, low-noise preamp couldn't fix... I have two of them... Both have the NTSC video output... Great for ATV RX!!! The PLL on both of mine get a bit "wonky" at less than 13VDC going in the power hole, but, having the all-mode RX capability (including SSB!:-) has sure been fun over the years... One I keep on the "test bench" to listen to stuff... The other sits right next to the PRO 2006 and under a Kenwood RZ-1! Remember those??? My RZ-1 has a dead display but by playing "blind man" I can usually load a single frequency into it and "park" it there... usually WSP area... Eric KB7DQH |
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| Author: | tonyclark [ Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Did the mod on it now it gets 20-950 mhz. Need an antenna, didn't come with one. What would be a good antenna? Does it need to be an outside one? |
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| Author: | kb7dqh [ Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Mod??? I guess I will have to research that... Outside antennae always better... Discones do wide bandwidth but are unity gain... Use the lowest loss feedline you can "afford"... Bear in mind I have scavenged 1-5/8" hardline I can use... and commercial antennas!!! One thing I plan on doing to mine one day is changing out the SO 239 connector and replacing with Type N... Should help out the loss issue above 400 Mhz... Eric Kb7DQH |
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| Author: | tonyclark [ Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
The mod I used here: http://www.kb2ljj.com/data/yaesu/frg-9600.htm 00-999mhz but only 20-950 what the reciever uses. For right now I'm going to get an adapter from ratshack so I can use a scanner antenna ....UHF to BNC |
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| Author: | tonyclark [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
kb7dqh wrote: One thing I plan on doing to mine one day is changing out the SO 239 connector and replacing with Type N... Should help out the loss issue above 400 Mhz... Eric Kb7DQH Why not use an adapter from ratshack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2103353 |
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| Author: | n7maq [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
tonyclark wrote: kb7dqh wrote: One thing I plan on doing to mine one day is changing out the SO 239 connector and replacing with Type N... Should help out the loss issue above 400 Mhz... Eric Kb7DQH Why not use an adapter from ratshack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2103353 An N connector is much better above 400MHz. The PL259 and SO239 are very old in the design, some would argue anything above 50MHz should use not them. I'm not that critical of them myself though, as long as they are put on correctly and the coax not damaged by heat they are still good up to the 460 range. Jim |
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| Author: | kb7dqh [ Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: yaesu frg-9600 Reciever |
Yeah, what he said... :nobs: Eric KB7DQH |
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