[amsat-bb] Alinco DJ-580

[Greg D]

One other thing regarding the DJ-580 to be aware of, is the tendency for
the center conductor of the antenna connector to break free from the PC
board.  It's a result of the BNC coming a bit loose from the case and
rotating.  Not too hard to fix, but you have to dig really deep into the
radio to do it (the Tx board is at the bottom of the stack).  Then put
some locking glue around the BNC.

But that won't affect the receive audio level, per se, presuming you can
still get a quieting signal into the rig.

With the agile receiver on AO-91, I wonder if the manual adjustment for
Doppler might not be quite so difficult?

Greg  KO6TH


Joe Werth via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> About 3 years ago, I attempted to use my decades old Alinco DJ-580 to get me started in Sats with SO-50.  (I have the large 12V battery to get the full 5 watt output). I found the DJ-580 had less than stellar receiver sensitivity and was cumbersome in trying to get the memories set up without having to continue to push either the UHF or VHF buttons to change freqs with Doppler.  In the end, I gave up with trying to use it for satellite. After a long hiatus, this past April, I purchased a Yaesu FT-60-R and receiver sensitively was like night and day and subsequently had great success on FM birds.
> I still have the DJ-580 and have considered using it for TX only and the FT-60R to achieve full duplex.  Otherwise it is destined for my grave-yard box. ☹
>
> Best 73
> Joe – KE9AJ
>
>
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> From: Wendy and Terry Osborne
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 9:50 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Alinco DJ-580
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I’m trying to resurrect my old Alinco DJ-580 for use on AO-85/91.
> When using the DC supply socket on the side with a 9 V plug pack, 
> I’m finding that the Rx audio output is very low (the nicad pack has at least 1 dead cell).
>
> Is anyone still using one of these radios and if so how well does it perform?
>
> 73,
> Terry Osborne ZL2BAC 
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