The Brisbane Amateur Radio Club will be holding it's annual BARCFEST on 9th May, 2009 at the Mt. GRAVATT SHOWGROUND starting at 9:30am.
The address of the Venue is:- 1600 Logan Road, Upper Mt.Gravatt. Ample parking will be provided at the Venue.
Entry Fee: $7.00
Unable to make it this year due to work commitments.
27 April 2009
08 April 2009
FT 950 MW sensitivity "fix"
I received an email from David Sharp and as this would benefit a lot of people, I have included the email in its entirety.
Hello Laurie,
On one of your blogs, I remember someone making a post re: the low MW sensitivity with the FT 950. There IS a work-around for this.
Turn the radio on while simultaneously pressing the "1", "2", and "3" buttons on the keypad. This gets you into the radio's hidden menu.
Scroll through the settings, using the VFO A (main tuning) knob. You'll find the settings are alphabetically stacked: go to the "E" group. These settings control the radio's IF.
The first of the E group (I think it is E01), controls MW sensitivity. I believe the default setting is "95." Take the VFO B knob and turn it anti-clockwise. For my radio, I use a setting of "65."
Press the MENU button and hold for two seconds. The new setting is set.
You'll find that the S-to-N ratio on MW isn't as good as HF. Increasing the sensitivity also increases the band noise. However, having done this (coupled with a decent aerial) in Bourke, I can receive 2DU on 1251 from Dubbo (400 k distant) and 2VM Moree 1530 (similar distance) all day. Both are about S9. 4GR from Toowoomba is also receivable, but threshold.
My local station, 2WEB, is well over S9+60dB, but the radio seems to handle the signal okay.
Obviously, if the above scheme proves unsatisfactory, it's a simple matter to go back into the hidden menu and put the E01 setting back to factory specs.
73s
David Sharp
Hello Laurie,
On one of your blogs, I remember someone making a post re: the low MW sensitivity with the FT 950. There IS a work-around for this.
Turn the radio on while simultaneously pressing the "1", "2", and "3" buttons on the keypad. This gets you into the radio's hidden menu.
Scroll through the settings, using the VFO A (main tuning) knob. You'll find the settings are alphabetically stacked: go to the "E" group. These settings control the radio's IF.
The first of the E group (I think it is E01), controls MW sensitivity. I believe the default setting is "95." Take the VFO B knob and turn it anti-clockwise. For my radio, I use a setting of "65."
Press the MENU button and hold for two seconds. The new setting is set.
You'll find that the S-to-N ratio on MW isn't as good as HF. Increasing the sensitivity also increases the band noise. However, having done this (coupled with a decent aerial) in Bourke, I can receive 2DU on 1251 from Dubbo (400 k distant) and 2VM Moree 1530 (similar distance) all day. Both are about S9. 4GR from Toowoomba is also receivable, but threshold.
My local station, 2WEB, is well over S9+60dB, but the radio seems to handle the signal okay.
Obviously, if the above scheme proves unsatisfactory, it's a simple matter to go back into the hidden menu and put the E01 setting back to factory specs.
73s
David Sharp
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