You have an astonishing collection of receivers. By the way I’d suggest you next time to make the sound equal on all receivers ie same bfo frequency. You went from as low as 100 Hz to as high as 1000! Pick a good frequency that is well reproduced through the phone mic by experimenting.
Well I'll tell you what. You really remind me of myself of course I have really classic portibles and you have table tops. I really like my drake radio the best. Just my opinion. Great. Great video. RON. Z. WA3090SWL
The 590 was doing a sterling job, better than the 070 which makes sense I think because the 070 is a professional commercial grade receiver and the 590 is military grade. Also shows what a piece of kit the R9000 is still today.
????? The 505 should have picked it up?? The preselector tuning seem to have no affect? I would go to the 27MHz CB band and use that to compare the 505 to other radios...
I just checked CB on 27.155. It is coming in as nice as my Yaesu 101. But it just can’t get that weak beacon on 28.209. It is over 50 years old, might need a tune up?
@@dieselten01 Thanks, some receivers do loose sensitivity first at the higher frequencies, but if it on par with the 101, sounds OK to me... Maybe the switch for the 8 or 28 MHz might be dirty?? Having a signal generator is needed. Does the FT-101 get the 28.209 Beacon??? Adding in the IC-705 to also check the beacon might also add to the conversation..
@@myradiovideos Robert I just did another test. The 505 is as sensitive as the rest in AM or SSB at any HF freq. When I click it to CW is when it goes deaf at the higher frequencies. So apparently there is a problem with my CW detector
@@dieselten01 I have never heard of a CW mode affecting high frequencies?? But then who knows how this advanced receiver was designed! Probably need to see the schematic to figure it out!!
Hi Nick, can I get in contact with you via a PM, but do not have your e-mail address. I'm happy to pass you some info if you like. Keep them nice video's coming.
Hi Ron, I don’t have a PM. Give me your email address, if your afraid of robots stealing it then disguise the @ symbol or put a few spaces in where no spaces belong
Love that tuning indicator and the bandwidth filter representation on the FTDX
You have an astonishing collection of receivers. By the way I’d suggest you next time to make the sound equal on all receivers ie same bfo frequency. You went from as low as 100 Hz to as high as 1000! Pick a good frequency that is well reproduced through the phone mic by experimenting.
Well I'll tell you what. You really remind me of myself of course I have really classic portibles and you have table tops. I really like my drake radio the best. Just my opinion. Great. Great video. RON. Z. WA3090SWL
Thanks Ron
The 590 was doing a sterling job, better than the 070 which makes sense I think because the 070 is a professional commercial grade receiver and the 590 is military grade. Also shows what a piece of kit the R9000 is still today.
Nice radios love them wow😯💯
The Icom R 9000 is the Winner! My Favorite is the Rohde und Schwarz EK 070
I love the 070 too! Thanks for your comments
I used to have a beacon i would go on line for the beacons list.
my sony icfsw7600gr cannot pickup some NDB beacons like ymw canada and ddp pr
hope to upgrade to sony 2010 from ebay soon because im might save up.
Hi again Nick, fantastic collection. Tell me where to start buying these ? Fred
Hi Fred. I got most of these from ebay. You should also google Schulman Auction, they have a lot of receivers and Ham stuff
do this test again but spin the wellbrook loop around
This wasn’t a test to tune the signal in the best. It was a test to compare two radios under the same conditions
A very interesting collection of radios if not a ham a shortwave listener?
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????? The 505 should have picked it up?? The preselector tuning seem to have no affect? I would go to the 27MHz CB band and use that to compare the 505 to other radios...
The 505 is very sensitive in the lower freq’s. Perhaps mine is a little deaf up high? I will experiment with it. Thanks Robert
I just checked CB on 27.155. It is coming in as nice as my Yaesu 101. But it just can’t get that weak beacon on 28.209. It is over 50 years old, might need a tune up?
@@dieselten01 Thanks, some receivers do loose sensitivity first at the higher frequencies, but if it on par with the 101, sounds OK to me... Maybe the switch for the 8 or 28 MHz might be dirty?? Having a signal generator is needed. Does the FT-101 get the 28.209 Beacon??? Adding in the IC-705 to also check the beacon might also add to the conversation..
@@myradiovideos Robert I just did another test. The 505 is as sensitive as the rest in AM or SSB at any HF freq. When I click it to CW is when it goes deaf at the higher frequencies. So apparently there is a problem with my CW detector
@@dieselten01 I have never heard of a CW mode affecting high frequencies?? But then who knows how this advanced receiver was designed! Probably need to see the schematic to figure it out!!
Huh!!!??? I woulda bet money the H501x could hear that beacon. It deserves another chance. Maybe on AM?
You saw it. Plus any AM signal can be brought in on ssb. But it wasn’t an AM signal
CW can still be heard on AM. SSB is just carrier suppressed AM.
Hello me again. BFO S JUST REFINE THE VOICE MESSAGE . THATS WHAT THIER FOR HAM VOICE REFINEMENT.
So the BFO doesn’t change the frequency?
Hi Nick, can I get in contact with you via a PM, but do not have your e-mail address. I'm happy to pass you some info if you like. Keep them nice video's coming.
Hi Ron, I don’t have a PM. Give me your email address, if your afraid of robots stealing it then disguise the @ symbol or put a few spaces in where no spaces belong