Realistic DX-100L Receiving RTTY and Fax

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   100thbombgroup says:

   October 24, 2011 at 5:03 PM

   Thanks for loving my radio lol. I hope you’re having fun with the DX-100L.
   Thanks for the upgrade, changing the heatsink. I owe you an other pint : ) .
   Cheers.
   B….

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   miserableoldcunt says:

   October 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM

   how long after powering up did the radio take to stabilise itself mate? , it didn’t look to take very long at all. a marvellous job, well played.

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   Hanglands says:

   October 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM

   No worries mate, it took only a few moments to do. Having fun using it. I think I’ll try the weather fax again after dark one night, will have better reception then.

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   Hanglands says:

   October 24, 2011 at 3:38 PM

   Thanks mate. Well, when you see the whole screen with the waterfall effect on the spectral display, the time it takes to go from the top of the screen to the bottom is 9 minutes, so yes, the warm up time was about 3 minutes to settle down. Curiously, the 100L here used to drift about 500Hz in one direction and then drift back the opposite way!

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   fezuk2006 says:

   October 24, 2011 at 2:43 PM

   Great video mate, Clear and gives lots of info!

   Great video quality what did you use to film?

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   Hanglands says:

   October 24, 2011 at 2:09 PM

   Hiya. Thanks for watching, and for commenting! My camera is a JVC Everio.

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   Mrweswtf says:

   October 24, 2011 at 2:06 PM

   whats the program? wow I want that.

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   Hanglands says:

   October 24, 2011 at 1:48 PM

   The programs used in this video are Spectrum Lab, Seatty and Wxsat.

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   Mrweswtf says:

   October 24, 2011 at 12:59 PM

   Great, this makes my radio even more fun.
   I own the dx-100 but it does not have the “L” in the model number.
   Do you know the difference, Google isn’t helping.

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    The DX100 tunes down to 550kHz. The DX-100L goes down to 150kHz. Thats the only diference I can fathom. So, I suppose the ‘L’ means ‘longwave’ then.

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    FelixTheHouseFreak says:

    October 24, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Hey wonderful video, very informative!

    I have the same radio except mine doesnt have the L in the model number. I will attempt this modification.

    Can you offer any advice as to were i can read up more on this type of coded broadcast? What terms would i use to search for information about this on google?

    Again thanks for the great video!

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    @FelixTheHouseFreak Hi there, thansk for watching and for the great comment. I’ll PM you some links tomorrow, but for now you can try searching on “radio teletype basics” or “weatherfax”, “hffax” etc. I think the only difference between the 100 and the 100L is the 100 tunes down to 520kHz and the 100L goes down to 150kHz.

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    @nay27uk Hi, Im afraid I have no idea where you could get a replacement, without salvaging one from a dead radio, an elastic band may work if you get the right size. You wont need to make any modifications to decode this stuff, just turn the volume down low, and connect an audio cable between the headphone out on the radio to line-in on your soundcard. It might be worth your while just adding an improvised heatsink as shown in this video to improve stability though.

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    @nay27uk No problem, and good DX!

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    petchharrison says:

    October 24, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    i am getting a dx200 this can also drift maybe the same fault,what do you think jeff…m6glh

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    @petchharrison Hi, thanks for watching. Ive never used a DX-200, so cant say for sure, but from what Ive read about them its important to give plenty of warm up time. If you can find a relevant transistor in the VFO stage, a bit of extra cooling wont hurt it.

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    GottaGoFishin2 says:

    October 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Nice video. I’ve been considering doing that mod and a couple of others to my DX100. Looks like it will be well worth the short amount of time required to do it.

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    Hanglands says:

    October 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    @GottaGoFishin2 Thanks. Yeas, its easy to do, and the results are obvious. Was good fun using it for datamodes!

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