Comments by "" (@Phil-M0KPH) on "Ringway Manchester" channel.

  1. Great comparison. The Thunderpole seemed to have more of a transmitted buzz on the test than the PNI. It could possibly be the receive on the PNI being overloaded.
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  2. A perfect conclusion to a fascinating series.
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  3. Novel approach, and price is good too. A little more testing would be good to see, we’ll have to arrange a sched.
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  4. Interesting.
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  5. Always said to see a close down, but not unexpected as technology changes and operating/maintenance costs rise.
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  6. Good stuff as always! 👍👍
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  7. What a great find. 👍
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  8. Is there difference in speaker size? I would’ve thought the 705 had a much smaller speaker, making it contain less bass tones.
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  9. Congratulations on reaching 100,000 subscribers, well deserved! 559761 165439 889871 557788
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  10. Very interesting. Feature packed, with a good use of online data to do a lot of the programming work for you. However, at just shy of £1000 I very much doubt there will be many takers.
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  11. Good video, as always. 👍
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  12. Most interesting, as always.
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  13. Good find on the dual tape.
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  14. A great insight into the early radio societies from around Manchester. 👍
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  15. Fond memories of pioneering times.
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  16. Another great snippet! 👍👍
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  17. More interesting information. 👍
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  18. I do intend to do more 4m having just sorted out my 3 band portable dipole. I have the AnyTone AT-588 mobile and also the AT-288 Handheld. It’s a very interesting band. Those I can easily get on 2m I usually can’t get on 4m and vice-versa.
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  19. 👍👍
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  20. Not heard of this before. We are, however, where we are today due to such systems.
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  21. Was good to catch up, you also picked a good day for a quick drive out!
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  22. Nice to see night skies free from light pollution.
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  23. Building blocks indeed. Probably better known for television rentals.
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  24. Interesting history of the Manchester pirate radio scene. I must admit to not hearing about any of these. Then again, I was never a big music radio listener. In fact, most of this time, I listened to radio 4 as it was the only station I could get without having to put the car aerial up!
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  25. I picked up an FT-60 a while back. Pity they went out of production as they are a cracking radio. That said the FT-4X is proving very popular, and is a good price. Despite making several counterpoises, during a club build evening, I’ve yet to actually use one. You are welcome to one if you want to give it a go someday.
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  26. Another great spot, and information to explain.
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  27. It’d be good to operate from there, perhaps as a special event station. Happy to help out.
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  28. Some good sleuthing to fill in the gaps. Happy birthday, and well done on passing 30k subscribers.
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  29. Very nice looking, but a trite expensive. Even more so considering they are only 8 channel. It seems to perform well though.
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  30. Interesting as always. I didn’t notice the top section had been removed. We’ll be passing later today so I’ll have a look.
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  31. Impressive video for many reasons: videography, setting the scene, information provided, to name but a few.
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  32. Was going to monitor on the FT-897D for some signal reports but, by the time I remembered, it was too late!
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  33. Excellent find, and it was great to see it in the flesh when you picked it up.
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  34. Welcome back with the reviews.
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  35. Most interesting! 👍👍
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  36. Makes you wonder what the ultimate goal/point actually was. They certainly went to a lot of time and expense. I can only think it was some form of vendetta against the repeater keeper.
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