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MERSEY RADAR

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WELCOME.

February 11, 2018 merseyradar
Airband RadioAviation Photography
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Hi, Welcome to my aviation blog page. Here you will find some information about
contrail spotting photography and radio/airband related articles. Credit and
Thanks to my friend Bob OBrien for the fantastic images at the top of each page
on this site. Thanks for your visit.

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BUILDING AND IMPROVING THE ATU-100 ANTENNA TUNER.


May 21, 2023 merseyradar
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Some useful information for builders of the ATU-100 (N7DCC) ATU kit (Link Below)
.  
http://www.merseyradar.co.uk/building-improving-the-atu-100-n7dcc-automatic-antenna-tuner/
 

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VINTAGE WIN-108 CIVIL AIRBAND RECEIVER


March 26, 2023 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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If you were a civil airband enthusiast in the late 1980s you may recall the
WIN-108 receiver. The radio had 20 channels in 2 banks of 10. I had one of
these, a very capable machine back in the day and I liked using it on my plane
spotting visits to Manchester Ringway Airport, UK….

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M1GEO WELLGOOD ACTIVE RX LOOP ANTENNA.


February 19, 2023 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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LOOPM1GEOWELLGOOD

Added February 2023. M1GEO Wellgood Active RX Loop Antenna. A guide to my
install of M1GEO Wellgood Active Loop receive antenna . To view article, please
click the link. M1GEO Wellgood Active RX Loop Antenna.    

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BELKA DX HF PORTABLE RECEIVER WITH DSP


January 23, 2021 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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#BelkaDX

An article on the wonderful HF DSP “Spy Radio” from Belarus The Belka DX.
Included are a few World Excusive Photos of the early prototype “Belka 1” and
some commntary from the creator Alex Buevsky EU1ME. Click on the window below to
open the article. Belka DX HF Portable DSP Receiver

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L-BAND DIY ANTENNAS FOR JAERO


April 7, 2020 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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airspyHELIXINMARSATJAERONooelecPATCH ANTENNASATELLITESAWBIRDSDRsdr-radioSDRPlay

Carrying on from my previous JAERO/L-BAND blog post linked below
http://www.merseyradar.co.uk/airband-radio/satellite-acars-reception-on-l-band-with-jaero/
    It should be noted that both of the antennas detailed below I intend to use
with the excellent LNA Amplifier /Saw Filter Combination, The “Saw Bird io” by
Nooelec which is bespoke designed for the intended frequency range (around
1545-1550mhz).    …

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YIHUA 937D+ 60W SOLDERING STATION.. BARGAIN !


September 28, 2019 merseyradar
Airband RadioUncategorized
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937D+Soldering StaionYihua

A while ago my 20 year old Weller soldering station finally gave up. I sent the
unit away to a Weller agent for repair but the unit was returned to me with a 
service note read “uneconomical to repair”. I looked at a brand new Weller unit
but they are so expensive now..way over £200…

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SATELLITE ACARS RECEPTION ON L-BAND WITH JAERO.


September 21, 2019 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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UPDATE AUGUST 2021. There is a new release of Jaero v1.0.4.13 by Jonti Olds  
See the bottom of this page for improvements and download links
https://jontio.zapto.org/hda1/jaero.html   and a new way of decoding using a
much simplified cross platform receiver called SDRReceiver by author Jeroen
Beijer. https://github.com/jeroenbeijer/SDRReceiver If you follow the
instructions you should…

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SDRPLAY RSP1A RECEIVER REVIEW.


April 7, 2019 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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AirbandAVGEEKHF AirbandRSP1ASDRsdr-radioSDRPlaySDRuno

SDRPlay are a British company and they have been manufacturing SDR radios since
2015. Their first model was the RSP1 which had a 2 tone grey/blue case. All of
SDRPlays radios are designed and built in the UK which is very surprising as
most products like this are built and assembled in China or Taiwan….

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HOME MADE COAXIAL DIPOLE ANTENNA FOR CIVIL (AND MILITARY) AIRBAND.


March 16, 2019 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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AirbandAirband AntennaAntennaAVGEEKCivil AirbandDIYhomebrewMilitary
Airbandアンテナ航空ラジオアマチュア自家製アンテナ航空スキャン航空スポッティング航空ラジオ航空ラジオ聞く航空趣味飛行機のスポッティング

 Builders please let me know about your version of the #AirbandBazooka  by
sending me a message or photos on twitter.    https://twitter.com/merseyradar
Please do provide some photos/reception reports and I will include them here.  
Make your own DIY #AirbandBazooka antenna for Civil or Military using the guide
on my website https://t.co/r3cd0S3H8l Performance better than…

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ANOTHER YUPITERU MVT-7000 “SCANNING LEGEND” REPAIRED.


March 10, 2019 merseyradar
Airband Radio
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AirbandJupiterMVT-7000ScannerYupiteru航空ラジオリスニング航空機ラジオ修理趣味航空趣味

I have a soft spot for the MVT-7000. I have a little collection going on of this
amazing machine. Here are 4 units of the 7 units I have, 3 in good working order
and the one to the far right you will see later in the Yupiteru club chamber of
horrors photos  “example 1”…

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