Wednesday, September 30, 2009

DIAMOND SX600 DUAL BAND POWER/SWR METER

General :
  • Estimated price : Rp. 1.200.000 (USD 120) 
  • Condition           : New






Personal review :
  • Dual sensor/directional coppler to cater operating frequency 1.8 ~ 160 MHz and 140 ~ 525 MHz.
  • Low insertion loss 0.2/0.3 dB
  • Illuminated meter (external 12 VDC required)
  • Good sensitivity, can read power less than 100 mW.
  • Minimum power 4 Watt to get full scale of SWR

Sunday, September 27, 2009

YAESU FT-857D HF/VHF/UHF MULTI MODE TRANSCEIVER

General :
  • Estimated price : USD 750 (Rp. 7,500,000,-)
  • Condition          : New



While the pictures inside of FT-857 are :



Personal review :
  • FT-857D is successor FT-857, D version with additional 60 m band.
  • TX power output are 100 Watts on 160 ~ 6 m, 50 Watts on 2 m, and 20 Watts on 70 cm.
  • Programmable TX output power can push up to 140 Watt on HF, 70 Watt on VHF and 35 Watt on UHF. (not recommended)
  • Capable to be operated in CW, AM, FM, SSB and digital modes.
  • Good performance both TX and RX with good audio quality.
  • No built in Antenna Tuner.
  • No direct frequency entry.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

DAIWA CN-419 200 Watt HF ANTENNA TUNER




Personal comments:
  • Working good on HF band 120 m ~ 40 m
    Being hot if operated with 100 Watt power output continues.

Monday, September 14, 2009

ALINCO DM-330MW, 5 ~ 15 VDC, 30 Amperes Switching Power Supply

Estimated price : Rp. 1.200.000 (USD 120)
Condition : New




Personal comments :
  • Adjustable DC out 5 ~ 15 VDC.
  • Shor circuit and over temperature protection.
  • Iluminated analog meter for Voltage or Current display.
  • Good for VHF/UHF band but had a RFI problem on HF bands.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

ICOM IC-7000 HF/VHF/UHF ALL MODE TRANSCEIVER

  • Estimated Price : Rp 14.000.000 (USD 1400 )
  • Condition : new






Personal comments :
  • IF, Notch. PBT and other filters are digital DSP programmable( or adjustable manual) filters, thus deliver superior receiver performance.
  • AGC is programmable.
  • SSB transmit adjustable bandwidth.
  • 2 mode bandscope.
  • Graphical multi information dispay to show Signal, Power Meter, SWR, ALC, speech compression level, Temperature, etc.
  • Built in RTTY demodulator and decoder, thus no need external decoding/PC.