LAMCO UK & Vine Antennas UK Ham Radio News Blog.

Wednesday 23 May 2012

LAMCO MV-10 HF vertical.

LAMCO MV-10 HF vertical is now our hottest selling HF vertical.

£199.95

http://www.lamcommunications.net/shop/product_info.php?cPath=78_79&products_id=380

LAMCO MV10 6/10/12/15/20/30/40/80/160 mtrs Height 4.0 mtrs

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Diamond SD-330 HF mobile aerial.

It works very well on our van.

The Diamond SD-330 HF aerial. £419.95

http://www.lamcommunications.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1545

The antenna comprises a base loaded electrinically tuned "screwdriver" antenna with a flexible whip mounted on a spring coil. The total height is 1.7m approx depending on frequency. From the antenna is a detachable DC cable with a total length of approx. 22ft of DC feed cable. This includes a short detachable length at the car end which comprises a remote up/down press button unit and a cigar plug. The current drawn is just 100 mA.

Tuning is achieved by pressing either the up or down button and listening for the signals to peak in strength. This is very noticeable and gets you very close to minimum VSWR. Any fineup/down adjustments can be carried out with the radio's aVSWR meter. The antenna has a large diameter base coil and can be tuned to any frequency in the range 3.5 - 30MHz.

Brief Specs:
* 3.5 - 30MHz
* 200 Watts SSB
* Overall length 1.7m
* Base connector PL-259
* DC cable length 22ft terminated cigar plug
* Remote up/down controller.

Kinetic Avionics SBS-3 Beta Release.

Kinetic is delighted to announce the availability of a Beta release of the ACARS decoding and display is available from our website.
The new firmware provides internal ACARS decoding on any of the the 4 SDR channels and the latest BaseStation software release provides not only a display of ACARS data but a socket stream interface as well.
This release cements the SBS-3 as the finest product of its kind in the world.
A tripple A product providing ADS-B, ACARS and AIS plus a multi channel SDR receiver. All in one box. Outstanding.

http://www.lamcommunications.net/shop/index.php?cPath=44

Friday 18 May 2012

Yaesu FT-DX3000 HF/50Mhz Transceiver.

Yaesu FT-DX3000 HF/50Mhz Transceiver.

http://www.lamcommunications.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1539

Thursday 17 May 2012

Green Light Labs LLC, GPS-710 coming to LAMCO

Green Light Labs GPS-710

£109.95 + P&P

http://www.lamcommunications.net/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1524

Product Highlights

Simple plug-and-play design (less than 5 minutes to install)
Clutter-free attachment to TM-D710 Operation Panel
High performance GPS engine
Very low power: 0.2 Watts
Always-on design for instantaneous radio start up
RJ45 jacks employ integrated ferrites for improved noise immunity
Fully shielded, high quality jumper cables
Fully FCC Class B tested
RoHS compliant

Product Overview
The GPS-710 is a custom built, uncluttered, plug-and-play solution for adding a stand-alone GPS to your Kenwood TM-D710 or RC-D710 radios. It uses an excellent 20 channel SiRF-III GPS chipset (with WAAS, ENGOS, and MSAS augmentation) that can acquire GPS lock from a cold start in well under 60 seconds. The active internal antenna has proven to be extremely capable of maintaining GPS lock, even in very unfavorable mobile installations. The GPS remains powered even while the radio is off, and provides data immediately when the radio is powered on - instantaneous position lock. The GPS-710 draws about two-tenths of a Watt from the line, and does not present a significant standby drain to an automobile battery.

As you can see from the photo below, the GPS-710 is hidden well behind the Operation Panel. The GPS-710 is attached to the Operation Panel with automotive-grade "high bond" adhesive tape, designed to maintain a strong bond in temperatures up to 200F, which is well above the operating temperature limits of the radio. For anyone not wanting to mount the GPS-710 to the back of the Operation Panel, optional separation kits (6" and 24") are available.

The shielded serial jumper uses molded right-angle connectors with an integrated strain relief. The data jumper uses a double shielded cable that follows the Kenwood design for signal shielding. The wires are cemented into the RJ-45 (CAT6) connectors before being crimped into place and the resulting connection is extremely reliable. Every GPS-710 is individually tested on a TM-D710 before packaging.

The GPS-710 is FCC Class B certified as a peripheral device to the TM-D710/RC-D710. The RJ-45 jacks on the GPS-710 employ high quality EMI filters, so additional ferrites are not commonly needed. An open "pass-through" 2.5mm serial jack is provided, as can be seen below, so that an external device can be attached to the TM-D710 and/or GPS-710 serial output signals. An example of attaching the GPS-710 to a laptop (APRSISCE, APRSPoint, UI-View32) is given here.

The mounting bracket and COM port are both completely usable with the GPS-710 installed.

GPS Receiver Detailed Specifications

SiRF Star III high performance GPS chipset
Very high sensitivity
Extremely fast Time-To-First-Fix at low signal levels
Supports the NMEA 0183 data protocol
Built-inSuperCap to maintain system data for rapid satellite acquisition
Built-in active patch antenna
Foliage Lock for weak signal tracking
All-in-view 20-channel parallel processing
Snap Lock 100ms re-acquisition time
Superior urban canyon performance

Chipset	SiRF Star III/LP Single
Frequency	L1, 1575.42 MHz
Code	1.023 MHz chip rate
Protocol Electrical Level	RS232 level
Baud Rate	4800 bps
Output Message	NMEA 0183: GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC, VTG, GLL
Channels	20
Sensitivity	-159dBm
Cold Start	42 seconds average
Warm Start	38 seconds average
Hot Start	1 second average
Reacquisition	0.1 second average
Accuracy Position	10 meters, 2D RMS 5 meters, 2D RMS, WAAS enabled
Velocity	0.1 ms
Time	1μs synchronized to GPS time
Maximum Altitude	18,000 meters (60,000 feet)
Maximum Velocity	515 meter/second (1000 knots)
Datum	WGS-84