http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/ FRG-7700 users group Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:33:19 GMT CLM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/783 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/783 Hi Guys! I'm sure you are all aware that we have the club website at Http://www.foxtango.org and the primary Fox Tango forum on Yahoo Groups. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:27:47 GMT idmottishaw http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/782 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/782 Not yet, will post any findings soon :-) Regards Ian. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:15:49 GMT sly331332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/781 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/781 Hi Ian, Mine has just started doing it with the bottom left segment - so if you found a solution - I would be interested to hear it. Rgds Phill Sat, 30 May 2009 20:48:07 GMT walsh2002bc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/780 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/780 Hi Ian: The transistors are driven by a display driver IC MSM5525 that has been known to have problems and is very difficult to find. Hopefully this isn't Sat, 30 May 2009 03:07:47 GMT idmottishaw http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/779 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/779 Hi All, I have just joined this group. As I have recently been given a very nice FRG-7700 which has been stored in a friends fathers attic for a number of Thu, 28 May 2009 23:58:09 GMT pat gillen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/778 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/778 Hi Gerry, The simple answer is: probably not a good idea. The reasoning is this: The FRA 7700 is what is known as an "active antenna". It is designed to enable Thu, 28 May 2009 12:46:50 GMT Bob Betts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/777 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/777 Gerry: Take a look here http://www.bobsamerica.com/yaesumods.html I am currently using 3 FRA units converted for use as preselectors. You may want to Thu, 28 May 2009 00:53:36 GMT Gerry Tweedie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/776 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/776 ... Gerry in N.Ireland. Thu, 28 May 2009 00:52:28 GMT Gerry Tweedie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/775 I just wondered....would there be any point in separating the telescoping antenna from the actual FRA main unit.By this I mean mounting the antenna in the Sat, 23 May 2009 01:26:24 GMT jtrijillio http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/774 To the sr moderator I thank you for our inclusion in the Group, I am radioamador whose prefix is: PU2 XRP, and also radioescuta, SWL ok 73 " S to the all my Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:52 GMT pat gillen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/773 Hi, Joe's comments are quite correct. I would further argue that even buildng a frequency downconvertor would hardly be worth the effort as the costs in time Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:34 GMT yaesudude http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/772 Yes, I was aware that the 7700 receives FM signals, but just not the frequencies used in North America for broadcasting 88-108 mHz. Interesting I just read the Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:26 GMT pat gillen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/771 Hi, I hope you won't mind a comment but your remarks on antennas are not strictly correct. Although for general purposes what you suggest will work, the fact Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:16 GMT jack_son_73 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/770 Blake, If your 'long wire' antenna is a half wave long, then you are correct - max reception is at right angles [90*] to the wire. Once your wire is 1.5 Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:16 GMT jack_son_73 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/769 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FRG-7700/message/769 RAH, Yes, the FRG-7700 does receive FM - up to 30 MHz. The FRV-7700 VHF Converter came in 6 models, A - F. "A" covers 118-150 MHz, which includes the Ham 2 M