If youve still got this or just know how its done, how have you wired up your connections, for the aerial and earth? Im not in the radio hobby but i have a PCR 1 with the PSU however signal is weak. Best signal i got was by using the old aerial cable on the roof of my house
Hi. They do come up on Ebay, sometimes at sensible prices. Most have been modified in some way. Not sure of your skills but this one took over a year on and off to complete. If it's just for show no problem. But to use it, in an urban area, you will need a good antenna and a band filter as the noise levels have increased a lot in recent years. The tuning control on this set is not as good as the R1155 so using it for SSB is difficult. Good luck - Mike
I found a site stating that the radio needs and antenna 10 to 30 meters long but they seem impracticable to me because itd surely be flopping about everywhere
Hi. Modern FM & DAB radios use frequencies in the VHF range (100 to 200MHz). At these frequencies an efficient antenna can be less than a metre long. Vintage HF radios use much lower frequencies, in the low MHz range. So an effective antenna needs to be around 10 to 30M. so 1MHz has a wavelength of 300m & 7MHz has a wavelength of 40M. This requires a length of wire usually hooked up to a tree or similar high point outside and an earth connection (which can be a length of wire laid along thre ground). If you Google 'HF simple wire antennas' you will see examples of typical setups. Regards - Mike
Just magnificent! now it’s a piece of art
i admire your patience and to detail
excellent! :)
If youve still got this or just know how its done, how have you wired up your connections, for the aerial and earth? Im not in the radio hobby but i have a PCR 1 with the PSU however signal is weak. Best signal i got was by using the old aerial cable on the roof of my house
Where can I buy one of these, still miss my R1155.
Hi. They do come up on Ebay, sometimes at sensible prices. Most have been modified in some way. Not sure of your skills but this one took over a year on and off to complete. If it's just for show no problem. But to use it, in an urban area, you will need a good antenna and a band filter as the noise levels have increased a lot in recent years. The tuning control on this set is not as good as the R1155 so using it for SSB is difficult. Good luck - Mike
I found a site stating that the radio needs and antenna 10 to 30 meters long but they seem impracticable to me because itd surely be flopping about everywhere
Hi. Modern FM & DAB radios use frequencies in the VHF range (100 to 200MHz). At these frequencies an efficient antenna can be less than a metre long.
Vintage HF radios use much lower frequencies, in the low MHz range. So an effective antenna needs to be around 10 to 30M. so 1MHz has a wavelength of 300m & 7MHz has a wavelength of 40M. This requires a length of wire usually hooked up to a tree or similar high point outside and an earth connection (which can be a length of wire laid along thre ground).
If you Google 'HF simple wire antennas' you will see examples of typical setups.
Regards - Mike
@@mikeb1043 thank you Mike , that explains it quite clearly, hopefully I can get the best out of it
@@mikeb1043 Well I've managed to get a sort of stable connection to Radio Europe in the Netherlands so its working. Crazy for a 79 year old radio
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Are you selling a PCR3 on ebay now?
No, sorry I don't think I want to part with mine yet! Good luck on finding one. Cheers Mike
@@mikeb1043 ok there's one right now, completely recapped and serviced. Looks great, bidding for it. Hope I win it. Thanks.73