In fact, if you plan on walking or traveling with this Belka AllMode, you should consider purchasing a case. I chose one from the Hermitshell Travel Case series. I bought Belka AllMode last fall - with a speaker and a accumulator kit with higher capacity. Headphones are better for using this receiver when traveling and the radio works "2 x forever" with larger battery. One can also take a mini speaker if planning, for example, to spend a weekend with friends around a bonfire. I chose for this AYL Mini Speaker with 3.5 mm plug.
@donglocka155010 ай бұрын
I may be downsizing to a condo and was considering the GA-800 if it comes to that. Just crossed the ga-800 off the candidates list. Always impressed and entertained by your videos, Nick. Thanks.
@dieselten0110 ай бұрын
Glad to help Don. Get a Wellbrook if you can or similar active loop. You can still use it indoors.
@OsageArcher10667 ай бұрын
I also tried the GA800 as well as other antennas - for the Belka, nothing seems to do as well as the whip! Although inside I do connect the Belka via coax to my Wellbrook ALA-1530 mounted outside and that does pretty well.
@digitalmediafan5 ай бұрын
With my wellbrook it overloads on MW though I do have 2 strong local transmitters here plus the maximum speaker volume is rather low with mine
@ashab14 ай бұрын
Yeah the built in speaker is an issue for me it works ok indoors though sometimes I connect to an amplified Bluetooth speaker via aux, taking that speaker outside though defeats the point of it being so compact earphones are an option, though I usually just end up taking another receiver. I do like the way this thing tunes through the ham bands though no fine tuning necessary and it doesn’t have distortion like most DSP receivers, in those respects it’s quite amazing.
@citoyen-7774 ай бұрын
@@digitalmediafan Have you read the instructions? The external antenna is connected via a resistor and a capacitor.
@digitalmediafan4 ай бұрын
@@citoyen-777 yes so ?
@tomki6asp10 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, Wellbrook shut down. There is W6LVP, however.
@dieselten0110 ай бұрын
There has to be another option out there???!!
@citoyen-7774 ай бұрын
To receive DX, you need to set the volume to maximum, and adjust the sensitivity from 80-70 sometimes more. Otherwise, you will get noises and the station disappears into them. Never set the sensitivity to 100% AGC does not work there, maximum 80%. If you have a powerful station, you need to listen at full volume and adjust the volume of the signal with sensitivity. For high-quality reception of a powerful EM signal, the sensitivity should be set to 50-70-80-90 on a scale. If the AM signal goes beyond the 50 mark. In any case, strive to reduce sensitivity in order to get rid of noise.
@dieselten014 ай бұрын
Are you speaking directly about the Belka? Or are you saying this process is for all radios?
@citoyen-7774 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 Yes, specifically only about Radio Belka
@dieselten014 ай бұрын
@@citoyen-777 thank you
@citoyen-7774 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 Expensive receivers also have two handles. RF Gain, and volume gain. They work the same way as in BELKA.
@citoyen-7774 ай бұрын
73!
@rezatschwalbe7 күн бұрын
0.1 MHz = 100 kHz, not 100 Hz. But everything else in the video was great! 🙂
@jamesmao3752 ай бұрын
Thanks for the nice video! I read from the manual that you need an isolated transformer to connect to any external antenna. Not sure it will make any difference though.
@alexanderlinkevich7 ай бұрын
Thanks for video! You definitely have to try russian allbands (from 1 to 2GHz) Malahiteam dsp3 (genuine, not Chinese clone!)
@dieselten017 ай бұрын
I have never found a place to buy the Russian malahite. I have only seen the Chinese version
@andyturner30566 ай бұрын
Very hard to get the Russian original. I have the Chinese clone. Have no problem with mine at all. Apparently the designer licenced it to be built in China. The only difference I've heard is the method of updating the firmware.
@charlesfeinstein703524 күн бұрын
This is not a fair comparison. The Belka is optimize for hi-Z antennas (very high Z in fact, like 5-10k Ohms) whereas the GA-800 outputs at 50 Ohms.
@dieselten0124 күн бұрын
@@charlesfeinstein7035 then why does the Belka work even better on the Wellbrook?
@charlesfeinstein703524 күн бұрын
@@dieselten01 I wish I knew. I would be curious to know whether the Wellbrook is also located in roughly the same indoor location as the whip and the GA-800. What I do know is that I use a GA-800 as a travel antenna. It performs poorly with my Belka, but quite decently with my Tecsun PL-680 (which has a low-Z external antenna input). The GA-800 isn't particularly high gain, but its main advantage is that the small loop is quite directional and can be used to null out noise. In high RFI environments like an urban area hotel room this can be quite an advantage.
@moohaad4 ай бұрын
hey Nick would you please do a commparison bewteen the Belka and some of your other radios
@dieselten014 ай бұрын
Good idea. I will
@dieselten013 ай бұрын
Here is your video, too bad there is a terrible solar storm that limits reception. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXirlGl5mMl4apIsi=bID-gGVZDjtufIUB
@GisleVanem003 ай бұрын
I placed an order for a Belka some days ago. Can't wait to try it. BTW. I assume the name "Belka" refers to one the space dogs launched into orbit in 1960 and returned to earth alive. The story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXSliHyfZ9uEas0
@dieselten013 ай бұрын
Interesting. I always thought it was the designers name
@GisleVanem003 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 If the designer is EU1ME, that is Aleksandr Buevskiy.
@freddieapf26323 ай бұрын
@GisleVanem00; You have the right intuition. 👍
@martinryan506910 ай бұрын
Why did you not walk outside with the small loop beside your big loop and test it
@dieselten0110 ай бұрын
You do have a point there. But I was very disappointed when the small loop basically was worse than that small whip. That loop is advertised as an indoor antenna
@dieselten0110 ай бұрын
Also, I had previously done an outdoor test on my patio with this small loop and a Sony outdoor antenna, forgot the model number, and the small loop really performed no better on my patio. The reason I did not mention this is because people tend to not believe what they don’t see. If I was to say this without showing it in the video people think I’m just a liar.
@martinryan506910 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 I have one of them they are not worth the money thank you for replying 👍
@Stari7137 ай бұрын
mla 30+?
@dieselten017 ай бұрын
No. Wellbrook
@nine72958 ай бұрын
0.1 MHz is 100 kilo Hertz, (you said "100 Hertz"),i know you didn't mean it
@dieselten018 ай бұрын
I get the decimal places mixed up
@myradiovideos10 ай бұрын
I kept on waiting for the Waterfall Display?????
@dieselten0110 ай бұрын
As soon as Belka offers this with a waterfall I will get 3 of them
@myradiovideos10 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 Just add Batteries to your 890S!!!!!!
@myradiovideos10 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 Get out the TinySA and turn on the LNA and set it to 28xxx MHz! See what you hear!
@gerdpfeil10 ай бұрын
@@dieselten01 Or just connect your PC with HDSDR or something to the IQ output and save the money for 3 more Belkas. :-)