does it pick up ham receivers broadcasting
770070
Yes, it works quite well for listening to all 8 US Amateur Radio Bands that are below 30 MHz. In addition, it has a very good Single-side Band (SSB) filter to pick out amatuer operators who use that method of modulation to more efficiently use their transmitter power. The simple long wire antenna that comes with the kit improves reception of ham broadcasters dramatically. It's a great radio for the price.
770071
Yes it does, but as you know, Hams do not transmit on set and regularly spaced frequencies, so it is trickier to tune in a ham station than a regular broadcast station. The Tecsun PL-660 can only tune as fine as one kilohertz per step and the ham station will more than likely be on some fraction of a kilohertz - that is why there is a "-SSB BFO+" rotary control to tune to the fraction of a Kilohertz. As a side note - an expensive ham radio receiver will normally tune to .01 kilohertz and can usually be set to tune to .001 kilohertz.
770072
Yes it does, and since Hams often use single sideband that feature comes in handy.
499931
Yes an amateur radio license is required to transmit with this unit on the ham bands. I don't think it is FCC approved for use on other bands
1322192
Haven't tried but I should be. It has 3 channels on the transmitter and the reliever so I would expect that two receivers tunes to the same channel would pick up te same receiver but I don't know for sure
729230
Yes, if you have a transmitter and receiver. Then you pull the feed off the receiver using the monitor port. You can easily capture multiple channels.
786634
Yes it will, however as a licensed ham operator you must remain within your operating privileged bandwidths. I utilize mine for murs and marine frequencies also as they require no license.
602103
There is none this is a cheep radio that can pick up local stations only. I would consider a grundig or sangean if you want good reception
395942
It will receive a Bluetooth signal. It does not transmit the radio over Bluetooth.
637961
In a word.... YES. However, it works better at or near the HAM frequencies. The stock antennas are OK, the 7 inch are better, and the 15 inch are best.
2198000
Does this unit receive the newer digital stations or only the older analog stations?
1499904
I don't think so. It can only pick up over the air broadcast channels. It doesn't pick up any cable channels.
1591006
I'm not sure. I would say no. I got mine to pick up 700mhz police radios. It works for that but otherwise I don't know anything about it
1654638
Yes. Just turn up the squelch to drown out the static and hit scan. It can pick up signal from quite far out.
1029999
No it just has to have the ability to pick up digital channels. It picked up one channel without the booster and it didn't pick up any channels with the booster.
969271
I am only 14 miles away from the antenna farm, so I can't say. I actually installed the antenna indoors and clipped it on a floor lamp. My antenna does pick up VHF, however. At least I believe it does - there is a port for VHF on the antenna. I must have a different version than Robert.
1091482
It picks them up if the antenna is placed in the right spot. My old rabbit ears worked better for some stations. If you can get the antenna to an outside wall or window it works pretty well.
282400
Yes, all you need is a rabbit ear antenna, or an old-style UHF antenna, or something more modern (coax cable input). It really pulls in the stations, but the placement of the antenna may need adjustment for some stations.
2082291
I have not tried to listen to ham operators. I am using it as a portable radio to listen to regular airwaves and some shortwave station.