Category: AX Members Blog
Happy Australia Day 2024 Alpha Xray Members
My wife Pauline’s take on “Australia Day” – I could not have expressed it anywhere near as well as she has: Pauline Campbell · FB. AUSTRALIA DAY. 26 January 2024. What does Australia day mean to you? I have been asked this. The last time was 2017 on a tour. It used to mean “football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars.” Or this poem “My Country”. “I love a sunburned country, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel sea, her beauty and her terror. The…
AX 05 New CB Radio Project – PC122 into Icom IC701
Love my “Yellow Dotted” Uniden PC-122! The extensive audio and TX Audio component upgrades have transformed it into a serious DX CB Radio. The only thing that lets it down is the LED S/RF Meter! So having a un-reparable Icom IC-701 lying around I merged the the great meter and controls on the 701 with the PC-122 CB! AWESOME with the Kenwood MC-85 Microphone driving it to perfection!
Collaborate with my Dxpedition trip to Colombia 3AX1400 Martin 2017 Nov.
Dear friend, I am writing this short letter, to invite you to be part of my next 11m DX project. In the month of November 2017 I will be in the country of Colombia and I want to repeat the multi group radio experience. 6MULTI/DX2 What are the multi? The multi group were born with the idea of “winning” to the bad propagation of the last years… The method is very simple, it is activated with the CALL MULTI DX and in this way, each station that is in the LOG, has the right to request QSL from the group…
President Dwight D. CB Radio with an 858 PLL
Jumped in on a buy it now President Dwight D. CB Radio on ebay [HERE]! Specifically asked the seller to pack the front of the radio facia to be well padded to avoid damage – but his response was “our packer will know what to do” – Yeah RiiiiiGGHHTT! Extremely lucky to get it with no broken knobs or front damage with a few loose foam beads between the cardboard carton and facia! Photo’s looked like a President Madison with an 858 PLL and I did not think to confirm it was SSB on those 40 + Channels! Although it does have…