Great stuff Chuck - nice comparison 👍 haven’t seen an 8611 on fleabay for years - a military surplus store in Israel had a few but they were very rough
Nice presentation Chuck! Fyi, NDB’s on LW are best received in AM mode at around 3khz bw. If you look at it on a scope, there is a carrier and both side bands.
Great radio, I had the wj8718a which is qrt now, no parts available. But sadly there's not much left on hf other than some air traffic controls and a pestering CRI Beijing on all bands
Thanks. That might be a benefit of having a wideband radio these days. You can get FM and other higher frequency stations. I miss the broadcast offerings of years past on HF as well!
That display there to the left is really cool. It almost seems like a CRT scan, but probably is some kind of weird dot-matrix VFD of some sort? You had me so curious on that display, what is it?
You are right. It is a simple two line fluorescent dot matrix display. Very simple and basic, but functional. The multifunctional menu choices that are available through it do allow a lot of control over the radio’s settings and features.
Great stuff Chuck - nice comparison 👍 haven’t seen an 8611 on fleabay for years - a military surplus store in Israel had a few but they were very rough
I believe there is one there now if you are interested!😉
I liked the radio, very beautiful. 73
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Nice presentation Chuck! Fyi, NDB’s on LW are best received in AM mode at around 3khz bw. If you look at it on a scope, there is a carrier and both side bands.
Thanks for the tip! I know you are an NDB expert so thanks for the advice. I actually included the NDB comparison with you in mind my friend!😉😁
@@KI4BZJ thanks Chuck!!
Great radio, I had the wj8718a which is qrt now, no parts available. But sadly there's not much left on hf other than some air traffic controls and a pestering CRI Beijing on all bands
Thanks. That might be a benefit of having a wideband radio these days. You can get FM and other higher frequency stations. I miss the broadcast offerings of years past on HF as well!
I have the WJ8889, quite rare, almost the same as a WJ8888
Awesome! I’d live to see pictures and/or a video of it. WJ made some great machines.
That display there to the left is really cool. It almost seems like a CRT scan, but probably is some kind of weird dot-matrix VFD of some sort? You had me so curious on that display, what is it?
You are right. It is a simple two line fluorescent dot matrix display. Very simple and basic, but functional. The multifunctional menu choices that are available through it do allow a lot of control over the radio’s settings and features.
Comparing 8611 to BELKA receiver, which costs 1/20 of WJ, might be interesting, or possibly surprising at least.
Hmmm…That would be interesting!😁