bill53uk New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3036 Posts : 41 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Hemel Hempstead. Equipment Used : CRT SS6900N
| Subject: need someone to service my receiver Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:00 pm | |
| hi all. I have just bought a hf receiver and I cant get any thing from it. I am looking for some one to service it for me. I live 25 miles from london. many thanks | |
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26TC62 Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26TC62, 26CT2817 Posts : 141 Times Thanked : 29 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Portsmouth Equipment Used : Yaesu 891, 10m pole, wire 5/8, T2LT
| Subject: Re: need someone to service my receiver Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:18 pm | |
| What receiver have you got, and what are you using for an antenna? | |
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bill53uk New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3036 Posts : 41 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Hemel Hempstead. Equipment Used : CRT SS6900N
| Subject: Re: need someone to service my receiver Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:30 pm | |
| I have just bought it from ebay,it is a yaesu frg 7700 and I tryed it out on the weekend and used 20m of copper wire. I can get some channels on AM wide, but nothing else. Have also found that when I turn the main dial the numbers in the window turn with it. I turn the dial and the number go the same speed and dont match up with the lit numbers | |
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26TC62 Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26TC62, 26CT2817 Posts : 141 Times Thanked : 29 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Portsmouth Equipment Used : Yaesu 891, 10m pole, wire 5/8, T2LT
| Subject: Re: need someone to service my receiver Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:44 pm | |
| The numbers around the outside of the dial are just a "logging" reference, they don't relate to the digital display of the frequency. If you have a tune around the amateur bands at the right time of day - 14MHz in the daytime, 7MHz or 3.5MHz in the evenings or at night for example on SSB I'd expect you to hear a few stations on a 20m long wire. If you can't, it may be there is something amiss - the 7700 is a fairly old radio, but it is a reasonably good one when it is tuned up.
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bill53uk New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3036 Posts : 41 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Hemel Hempstead. Equipment Used : CRT SS6900N
| Subject: Re: need someone to service my receiver Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:19 pm | |
| many thanks for your info. I had it running monday afternoon and managed to get some one from italy. When i turn the grey knob the numbers in the window go round at the same speed (black disc with white numers). I ran some electric cable hanging out of bedroom window to the back garden lol. once again many thanks for the help. will let you know how it goes. | |
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