I sold my AOR 8000 as working but with a fault. So spares or repairs really. And to be honest, I was glad to see the back of it. And I hate to say that because I am a big fan of older scanners and always try to praise them. But I have to be […]
Quansheng UV K5 Easy Programming Software
The Quansheng UV K5, a very popular radio these days. Available in quite a few different variants which are all basically the same. The new green model with a 512KB memory upgrade is a bit of an exception and one of the latest out right now. Quansheng radios tick many boxes. They are capable, well-made, […]
Baofeng 1701: How To Edit Channels Without The Cable
This post is for the Baofeng 1701 with OpenGD77 installed. without the cable and CPS software, OpenGD77 is quite limited to what can be changed manually. Some editing annoyances I’ve come across so far that can not be changed permanently without the USB cable are: no new zones can be added, saved channels can not […]
Mods For The Quansheng [Taiko Kong] TK11
Some great mods carried out from OM0ET [YouTube] on the Quansheng [Taiko Kong] TK11. A removal of the LED torch light, with an added SMA female antenna connection in its place. And also a changing of the original blue screen to an orange one that we see in the K5 (8) and K6. There’s also […]
Realistic Pro-37 Scanner Receiving Digital Signals
If you can’t afford or just don’t want to buy a digital radio scanner and have an old analogue scanner sitting in a drawer somewhere, with a few tricks you might be able to modify your old scanner to pick up digital signals. I spoke about this in a previous post that showed a discriminator […]