Product of the Week: Racal Dana 1998 Frequency Counter

available on Ebay UK,

great counter and an all time classik piece of kit!

Get one while you can folks!

We have now updated the Yaesu FT-747GX section of our webstore. We also have small quantities of the FT-747 FM unit F2945101 in stock.

S.E.M. Tran “Z” Match

if you are looking for a fully balanced z-match antenna tuner then look no further:

this S.E.M. unit is clean and fully working and tunes your doublet from 160 to 10 meters

There is no manual but if you need one than this is NOT for you

£129 & shipping to you country, just ask: sales@hifissb.com

Probably one of the best microphones available for Amateur Radio, The Heil PD 781 Dynami Studio Microphone

This one comes from a non-smoker, is clean, boxed and comes with windshield

Soon to be listed on our website and on Ebay UK

£135 used, what you see is what you get. get in touch if you want it before it gets listed

Tono 5000E RTTY terminal

watch out for my Ebay listing for this rare terminal

complet with manual and keybaord.

Hard to get these days!

Check out the video

 

Hello folks

we have now added ultra rare Yaesu FT-920 parts to our catalogue. All clean and fully working boards, mostly plug and play.

As usual we ship world wide for 6.95GBP!

Yaesu FT-920 main unit

Hi folks,

I have now added parts for the above radios on Ebay UK. Get them while you can, they are going fast!

Icom IC-736 low pass filter board

Many people asked what kind of shelving I use here to house my equipment, the answer is: Ikea.

The u-shaped desk is from the office section. The frame under the table top is steel and won’t bend without a fight. The legs are strong and height-adjustable. The shelving on top comes from the “Besta” range. Light, easy to assemble and can be extended. I just buy the bare units, no doors, no drawers.

Over the years the set-up got a bit messy and I decided to have a tidy up and get some new shelving for the top. Here is what it used to look like and you get my point. The monitors on top are hard to view: Im wear varyfocal glasses these days and could only see the monitors twisting my head all the way back – terrible for digital work or log-keeping.

Messy and hard to view monitors

I started by removing the equipment and the old shelves, only my Kenwood TL-922A amplifier was left behind. Too heavy to shift and the relay got sticky and needed cleaning or replacement anyway.

only my amp stays on the table, gone are the shelves

As it turned out the relay could just be cleaned and  is now good for another 5 years or so, no worries there.

Here are the 2 new units waiting for the equipment to be fitted. I have chosen single units with glide pads under the feet. Now they can be easily turned around, even if heavy radios are fitted. Great for wiring it all up. Many transceivers have been dropped when people tried to pull them off a shelf in order to plug in some leads into the back!

2 single units for easy access to the back of my heavy equipment

In goes the equipment. A little bit tight and I might have to add an additional fan unit to keep the IC-781 cool. The PSU can get very hot. According to Chris at Icom UK nothing to worry about – maybe I shouldn’t worry then…

Easy to hook up now

The double monitor stand is in position to take the 2 23 inch monitors

double monitor stand bought for £20 on Amazon

Everything works perfectly without having to re-do anything. I haven’t yet set up my speaker yet, I do that next weekend. If you are after a good quality speaker for your hamradio station, stay away from those that mach your transceivers. They are all overpriced and sound terrible. Get yourself a good quality centre speaker from a suround-system, they work great. I use a KEF Coda 80 myself and it sounds excellent! £30 was all I paid on Ebay. A rack mixer and a small audio amp feed the audio of all my rigs to it. I might add a BHI DSP filter very soon, a great British product.

The equipment:
LDG AT-1000 auto tuner
Array Solutions power and SWR meter
Ameritron ampkeyer
Kenwood TL-922A amplifier
Yaesu FT-2000 with DMU
Icom IC-775
Icom IC-781
Icom IC-970:
Kenwood TMD-700:
KEF Coda 80 centre speaker
BHI Desktop DSP speaker
Yaesu MD-200:
Heil ICM
Vibroplex Speed Racer
Bencher paddle

Still available, will ship to the US! (20th of June, 2014)

Hello Folks,

a dear friend of mine, Dave, G0MJK has the above items for sale, both linear and antenna tuner are rare these days and they work very well.

The items are located in Northampton (UK) and you can contact Dave via email:

dvdlnnll2@gmail.com

He wants a very reasonable £600 for the linear and £300 for the automatic tuner. Before you ask: that’s for the tuner only, no interface lead provided (you don’t need one anyway)..

73,

Reinhard, M0GER

The mighty Drake L7 linear amplifier

Hello folks,

I have now added Kenwood TS-450 parts to our catalogue, get them while you can!

73 de M0GER

Kenwood TS-450S car unit

Hi all,

we have now added Icom IC-746 and Yaesu FT-840 parts to our website at

www.hifissb.com.

Good luck with your repairs!

Hi Folks,

we now have Icom IC-746 parts in stock, limited stock only.

Let me know what you need!

73!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team here at hifiSSB.com,

Ad, Dave, Shandi, Fi and Reinhard

Hi folks,

i am going to list some JRC 535D receiver parts on Ebay UK tonight.

Get them while you can!

Now all sold, sorry

We get about 20 requests every week for various types of crystals. I don’t sell individual crystals in the moment, but these nice folks can make any crystal you want:

http://www.quartslab.com/

I used them myself in the past and was very happy with the speed, price and quality

Hello folks,

we have now added Icom IC-765 transceiver parts to www.hifissb.com.

All working as usual.

73,

M0GER

We have now listed rare Racal 1792 receiver parts on Ebay UK, have a look.

Hello all,

we are listing Codan Radio parts tonight on Ebay UK,

check them out!

Hi Folks,

we have now added Yaesu FT-890 parts to our website, get them while you can

Hello all,

we have now added parts for the Yaesu FL-2100 linear amplifier.

73!

Hello folks,

we have now added Yaesu FT-1000MP parts to our catalogue.

All units are clean and from a smoke free shack, needless to say that all boards and parts are in fully working condition.

I am looking for 6 identical 19 inch racks about 16 to 20u in height. If anyone around Milton Keynes UK can help get in touch. They need to be of the heavy duty variety because I intend to rack-mount heavy Icom HF equipmeny!

I shall be listing parts for the above transceivers and receiver in due course. Let me know if you are aftera specific part and I get back to you.

All parts are fully working of course and have been tested in the working units before removal.

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Just a quick note to all those folks who are looking:

Kenwood TS-850 parts are back in stock. That includes the working Car unit  X50-3140-00.

Hi all,

I am going to list working parts for the Kenwood TS-940 on Ebay UK tonight.

Get them while you can!

Hi all,

I just listed my Stabilock Communication Test Set on Ebay UK, the item number is 251255498307.

Great set that needs some TLC., no reasonable offer refused

Cheers for now!

I have just added Yaesu FT-180A parts to our Ebay shop

I have just listed some Ten Tec amplifier parts on Ebay UK. Go and have a look.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

I just listed a great HF receiver on Ebay, the small but mighty JRC NRF-345.

Check it out!

Very often customers ask us to supply those little black fasteners that hold the top lid of vintage Yaesu and Icom gear down.

Over the years UV light makes them brittle and we cannot sell them. They wouild break as soon as you’d try to use them.

Look out on Ebay, search the automotive section and look for “bumper fastener”.

Goor luck!

In case anybody is interested, I just listed a Drake TR-4C vintage transceiver on Ebay UK

It’s a restauration project and requires some attention I believe. Unfortunately i do not have the right power supply and lead for it and can’t power it up. The rig looks complete and I ship world wide as usual. The ebay item number is 370678645425.

A True Classic Radio

Hi all,

I have the above antennas for sale but due to the size of the tubing they have to be collected.

The BTV-6 has the DX-Engineering antenna socket (SO239) fitted.

Both antennas are straight and complete. The BTV-4 is £60, the BTV-6 is £80.

Get in touch, exchange for something usefull can be considered. QTH is Milton Keynes

Hustler BTV-6

Just a quick note to let everybody know that all Kenwood TS-850 parts

will be added on Ebay UK at 19.00 tonight.

Soon to follow are Yaesu FT-101ZD and FT-901 parts.

Parts for Kenwood TS-820 are alos available including the rare frequency display unit.

Also to come: a Drake R8E shortwave receiver

soon to come on Ebay UK