there is nothing like tuning the dial of an analogue receiver and hearing signals and voices from all over the world. Takes me back to my childhood in the 80s. top video!
NOTHING TO SEE HERE officer! Just a guy wheeling a bag....with a squid pole in hand . I absolutely love this old gear. All the stuff I salivated over as a teen in the 80's ...(when I wasn't staring at my Bo Derek calendar 😎). 73 and thanks for the video.
I was gifted a FRG-7 last year and have just finished getting it going again. I got some LED replacement PCBs for the illumination and fitted an IEC mains input socket instead of the captive mains lead. It struggles a bit in an urban receiving environment but it performs quite well when taken into an area away from RF noise.
My FR(o)g7 is sitting on the shelf above my desk. It was my first receiver (other than tuning (?) my Uncle's radiogram a few years earlier). It was such a good start point and it led to me passing my RAE to get my B licnence and then I was hooked. Oh the technology of 40 years ago!
First I had a Halicrafter. then a FRG-7 a Kenwood SAT 450 now a Icom IC-746 PRO, I got my General about 20 years ago. I had a small transistor SW band radio that I could get Radio South Africa on!
Thanks for the band-scan on your versatile FRG-7 aka the Frog. I see that CB brings out the idiots every where a transceiver can be found, just as in the states.😂! If you are up, check out the BBC on 25900 KHZ around 1600 UTC + as it is about the only 11M broadcast going these days. Too bad more stations don’t try it as the solar maximum is here…supposedly 😮! 73! Now you have made me want to haul out my old Sony 6800W for a go!
You do know a back panel comes off and a D sized battery holder is inside? I took mine on a weekend hike into the high Sierras back in the late 1970's that way. Good rig. I still have it.
"Your a metho drinker!!" CB "Contains strong language...parental guidance is recommended!" 🥺....CB is usually so much more entertaining....Friday and Saturday nights I imagine it gets more lively.
owned one in 1990 to 1995 good in the day but lacking digital display and 3khz filter for ssb was its final downfall in retired status, sold it at hamfest club table
A few times I have seen FRG-7s or FRG-7700s for sale and been tempted. However, it's the IF filtering that puts me off. Although 7700 was improved to 2.7KHz for SSB, lack of narrow IF CW filter on 7 and 7700 has put me off. I guess that Yaesu were primarily targetting AM broadcast listeners with the FRG-7? Adding extra crystal filters for narrower SSB or CW would have significantly increased the cost.
Hi, sir. For the past 3 years I have been interested in amateur radio. I am unable to find answers to the following questions, as I fail to understand English articles written at academic or slightly advanced level. I hope you can help me. 1 - Is it possible to create a relatively powerful CW transmitter by combining several stable zinc negative resistance devices? 2 - Is it possible to create BFO with zinc negative resistance? An old and knowledgeable radio amateur told me that it is possible but did not give me any help on where to start. Basically, I know how BFO works. (An oscillation is created close to the listened frequency and a tone is obtained as the difference). However, I have difficulty understanding the IF stage. Since the zinc negative resistance devices do not work at very high frequencies (maximum 11 Mhz, with very low efficiency), I realized that I need to make a BFO circuit with an IF stage. My interest is to improve my ability to build radio transmitters with materials that I can obtain under any circumstances. For this reason, I deliberately avoid using vacuum tubes, transistors, etc. and try to find as simple solutions as possible.
Sorry never done it so can't help. I'm afraid transistors are so cheap that 99.9% of us just build stuff out of those. Kudos for trying alternatives but they're not going to be easy.
there is nothing like tuning the dial of an analogue receiver and hearing signals and voices from all over the world. Takes me back to my childhood in the 80s. top video!
Hit the nail on the head my friend, I have all latest HF SDR's including Perseus...but nothing like firing up an analogue with a VFO!
NOTHING TO SEE HERE officer! Just a guy wheeling a bag....with a squid pole in hand . I absolutely love this old gear. All the stuff I salivated over as a teen in the 80's ...(when I wasn't staring at my Bo Derek calendar 😎). 73 and thanks for the video.
Great sounding receivers, and the best part is you can dust it off😅
Sitting on top of Arthur’s Seat (Vic) on a picnic table in late seventies with a bit of wire - great memories. I still use one as an RX for my AM TX.
I was gifted a FRG-7 last year and have just finished getting it going again. I got some LED replacement PCBs for the illumination and fitted an IEC mains input socket instead of the captive mains lead. It struggles a bit in an urban receiving environment but it performs quite well when taken into an area away from RF noise.
My FR(o)g7 is sitting on the shelf above my desk. It was my first receiver (other than tuning (?) my Uncle's radiogram a few years earlier). It was such a good start point and it led to me passing my RAE to get my B licnence and then I was hooked. Oh the technology of 40 years ago!
That signal from GM4YXE @ 52:55 from the UK, shows the old box, remains a great receiver!
I love the FRoG, thanks for the Video
First I had a Halicrafter. then a FRG-7 a Kenwood SAT 450 now a Icom IC-746 PRO, I got my General about 20 years ago. I had a small transistor SW band radio that I could get Radio South Africa on!
I have a 700 and 7700, both given to me, but yet to get my hands on a 7. Great receivers.
Saw one of these sell on facebook in my area for $250 CDN but missed it. Rats!
Got mine at a garage sale some years ago. Noise level here is a pain but can hear SSTV on 40m at times
Keep it up pal. we are enjoying your videos
I love my "frog" a great receiver.
Good old Wadley loop. Only FM I've heard on 10M was a JA. My QTH is noisy.
Thanks for the band-scan on your versatile FRG-7 aka the Frog.
I see that CB brings out the idiots every where a transceiver can be found, just as in the states.😂!
If you are up, check out the BBC on 25900 KHZ around 1600 UTC + as it is about the only 11M broadcast going these days. Too bad more stations don’t try it as the solar maximum is here…supposedly 😮!
73! Now you have made me want to haul out my old Sony 6800W for a go!
You do know a back panel comes off and a D sized battery holder is inside? I took mine on a weekend hike into the high Sierras back in the late 1970's that way. Good rig. I still have it.
I do. But when you have a good rechargeable battery there's no point spending a fortune on Ds.
"Your a metho drinker!!" CB "Contains strong language...parental guidance is recommended!" 🥺....CB is usually so much more entertaining....Friday and Saturday nights I imagine it gets more lively.
During my visits to Melbourne, the CB was continuous profanity and insults. 😕
Any particular reason why you took the old frg-7 outdoors into the field that day?
Have you picked up aviation pilots talking or ships communicating via shortwave?
I should get my FROG out! Have never run it off a battery.
I have a 7700. Just need to put up an antenna for a more permanent setup..
is that aaan ordinary 12 volt battery your using and do all yeasu s use 12 v ??
12v 7ah LiFePO4
owned one in 1990 to 1995 good in the day but lacking digital display and 3khz filter for ssb was its final downfall in retired status, sold it at hamfest club table
A few times I have seen FRG-7s or FRG-7700s for sale and been tempted. However, it's the IF filtering that puts me off. Although 7700 was improved to 2.7KHz for SSB, lack of narrow IF CW filter on 7 and 7700 has put me off. I guess that Yaesu were primarily targetting AM broadcast listeners with the FRG-7? Adding extra crystal filters for narrower SSB or CW would have significantly increased the cost.
Hi, sir. For the past 3 years I have been interested in amateur radio. I am unable to find answers to the following questions, as I fail to understand English articles written at academic or slightly advanced level. I hope you can help me.
1 - Is it possible to create a relatively powerful CW transmitter by combining several stable zinc negative resistance devices?
2 - Is it possible to create BFO with zinc negative resistance? An old and knowledgeable radio amateur told me that it is possible but did not give me any help on where to start.
Basically, I know how BFO works. (An oscillation is created close to the listened frequency and a tone is obtained as the difference). However, I have difficulty understanding the IF stage. Since the zinc negative resistance devices do not work at very high frequencies (maximum 11 Mhz, with very low efficiency), I realized that I need to make a BFO circuit with an IF stage.
My interest is to improve my ability to build radio transmitters with materials that I can obtain under any circumstances. For this reason, I deliberately avoid using vacuum tubes, transistors, etc. and try to find as simple solutions as possible.
Sorry never done it so can't help. I'm afraid transistors are so cheap that 99.9% of us just build stuff out of those. Kudos for trying alternatives but they're not going to be easy.
@@vk3ye Thank you so much.
Good evening vk3ye!!! Can you interpret Morse code the moment you hear it?
Yes.
@@vk3ye how do you learn it so fast as you hear it? There's not much space between dots and dahs?
@@airwolf1987Above a certain speed you're not counting dits and dahs. You hear each letter as a sound. And even faster you hear each word as a sound.
Between 53 to 53 min in, i heard amateurs talking. Are you receiving them from overseas?
Yes.
@@vk3ye that's very good reception. Nice job
22.45 Stanag
Isn't the most portable 😂😂😂