Was thinking about getting this radio to take with me on my outings to listen to HF with and some VHF/UHF stuff as well. I have a HF receiver at home with a outside antenna that works well. I am interested in taking this along with me to listen to mainly HF with, I am not planning on hooking up antennas to it at the current time would just like to use what comes with it. Has anyone else used this radio to listen to HF with and how well does it work? I also have a HF related question, can you program in a couple of HF frequency's, turn up the squelch and put the radio in scan mode and let it pick up on a signal if it goes above the squelch setting? It that possible, what I am looking for is how it works for say conventional VHF frequency's is this possible? I have not actually tried it yet.
Thanks,
Joey
Hi Joey
I bought it 3 weeks ago (European version) but it did not came with the most recent firmware version.
Immediately I replaced the original antenna with a Diamond RH789 telescopic.
Very good performance at V/UHF for sure.
At HF (I was really interested to that band) I can clearly receive broadcast stations with the Diamond.
But utility stations like Shannon/NY Volmet are almost unreadable even with at maximum volume and on top of a 8000 feet mountain with low QRM..
For sure the audio of DJ-X11 is its poorest feature.
It should be stronger.
Buy a headphone set if you wanna hear something at HF which is not the usual strong station.
Unfortunately even after attaching a ~3 meter electric cable the reception at HF did not improve by much.
It's better but not great.
My nest step will be building a long wire+Balun.
I saw many videos on YouTube abou the Icom IC-R20 receiving HF stations with a indoor telescopic antenna and my Dj-X11 cannot compare to it. No way.
It could be my position (Canary Islands, Spain) or the old Firmware version but I'm a bit disappointed by the DJ-X11 performances at HF.
I plan to update the firmware as soon as I have the cable.
Just my 2 cents
73
Marco