Standard Frequencies

[Eddystonepete]

    Hi All, I was searching through a book of “interesting” HF frequencies and I found RWM Moscow on the 3 frequecies 4996. 9996 and14996. The date of the book? 1989! They,ve been under my nose for years. 3 books and a Bonito Boniverter came along with the Kenwood R5000 that I bought from a chap in Troon recently, though I think they came from a Silent Key. Anyway nice R5000 Quite a late one judging by the white sealant on the VCO board and no dots on the display. It seems to have the later chip fitted that allows PC control although the UART and logic chip are not fitted. It does suffer from overheating when used on mains. I got round this by powering it from an external 12v CB PSU. It doesn’t seem to worry about noise on the psu but hums a bit if the res. Cap. is a bit low. To allow cool mains use I added a fan on the rear edge facing up through the existing slots, a 12v fan ran from 5v reg.The fan needs a mounting hole drilled in the rear panel which luckily is easily removed, only 2 wires to unsolder. A bit of black ali added to the psu pcb keeps the radio cool even after several hours. Peter