New: Alinco DJ-X11T
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rbhtxk
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Interface cable type
For anyone that has applied the firmware update; what cable did you use, ERW-7,
ERW-8, or another version?
Thanks for the help.
Robert
KC5IMN
For anyone that has applied the firmware update; what cable did you use, ERW-7,
ERW-8, or another version?
Thanks for the help.
Robert
KC5IMN
MarkWestin
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I have updated my firmware twice so far with no issues. I don't own either the ERW-7 or ERW-8 yet so I used a Yaesu programming cable. This is a standard serial connector to 3 conductor cable and was attached to an actual serial port. The Yaesu cable doesn't work very well with the programming software. I can only transfer 1 channel at a time but eventually it gets the job done. I think the software is designed for and or tested with the Alinco cables.
Mark
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rbhtxk
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Cable, Meridian Air Show, and other questions
I ordered the EWR-7 (the 8 hasn't been available from any vendor's that I can find). The cable should be here today and I'll try the firmware update tonight.
I do have a Yaesue cable, but never thought to try that. Tried the Radio Shack programing cable with no results. Will try the firmware and freq loadout tonight.
I'll be taking the radio to the Meridian NAS Air Show this weekend, where I'll give it a whirl and see how it stands up.
Am I crazy, or can you only get monorail (not stereo) audio out on the speaker/earphone jack?
Regards,
I ordered the EWR-7 (the 8 hasn't been available from any vendor's that I can find). The cable should be here today and I'll try the firmware update tonight.
I do have a Yaesue cable, but never thought to try that. Tried the Radio Shack programing cable with no results. Will try the firmware and freq loadout tonight.
I'll be taking the radio to the Meridian NAS Air Show this weekend, where I'll give it a whirl and see how it stands up.
Am I crazy, or can you only get monorail (not stereo) audio out on the speaker/earphone jack?
Regards,
MarTay6
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Stereo/Mono?
'Fraid you only get mono audio out of the headphone jack this isn't meant to be a hi-fi radio! Plus it has contacts that are used for other functions (.Data signal output terminal, Cloning, detected signals, IQ signals and remote control) See page 98 in your owners manual for headphone connections.
I just ordered one of these receivers this week, looking forward to getting it.
Wes
'Fraid you only get mono audio out of the headphone jack this isn't meant to be a hi-fi radio! Plus it has contacts that are used for other functions (.Data signal output terminal, Cloning, detected signals, IQ signals and remote control) See page 98 in your owners manual for headphone connections.
I just ordered one of these receivers this week, looking forward to getting it.
Wes
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It looks like you can download the PDF brochure and software here: DJ-X11 Detail information
It will require a cable to interface with the software however. It also appears that there is a firmware update on the page also.
It will require a cable to interface with the software however. It also appears that there is a firmware update on the page also.
Search band not respected
Hello
I have trouble with my DJX11 european version
Scanner doesn't scan my PRG memories
using VFO mode I put 73 Mhz and store in 22A memory , then in VFO mode I enter 83 Mhz in 22 B memory
scanner should scan from 73 Mhz to 83 Mhz , in fact it scan from 73 Mhz to 76 Mhz then back to 73
I have the same problem using 136 to 174 , scanner is scanning from 136 to 142 Mhz .
but using 142 Mhz in 22A and 174 in 22B memory , the scanner is scanning from 142 to 174
same pb in 400 Mhz range 400 to 470 , the scanner is scanning from 400 to 430 Mhz
Alinco USA can't answer because I m abroad, Still waiting an answer from Alinco Japan
I did 2.10 european firmware update and a complete reset of the scanner
Thanks for help and answer
I found the solution !!!!
Menu : Key ASSIGNMENT SETTINGS - band transition setting - band transition : set to stay in the band to Go to next band
I leave this message to help DJX11 owners
Hello
I have trouble with my DJX11 european version
Scanner doesn't scan my PRG memories
using VFO mode I put 73 Mhz and store in 22A memory , then in VFO mode I enter 83 Mhz in 22 B memory
scanner should scan from 73 Mhz to 83 Mhz , in fact it scan from 73 Mhz to 76 Mhz then back to 73
I have the same problem using 136 to 174 , scanner is scanning from 136 to 142 Mhz .
but using 142 Mhz in 22A and 174 in 22B memory , the scanner is scanning from 142 to 174
same pb in 400 Mhz range 400 to 470 , the scanner is scanning from 400 to 430 Mhz
Alinco USA can't answer because I m abroad, Still waiting an answer from Alinco Japan
I did 2.10 european firmware update and a complete reset of the scanner
Thanks for help and answer
I found the solution !!!!
Menu : Key ASSIGNMENT SETTINGS - band transition setting - band transition : set to stay in the band to Go to next band
I leave this message to help DJX11 owners
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Hello,
I seen this thread and started looking at this radio. The features of this radio look very impressive. I would like to ask a few questions if I may from those whom own this fine little rig.
My primary area of interest is the HF band. I do have an interest in "scanner" type frequencies as well. My first real question is how does it perform on HF? I have an outside antenna I would use and might be concerned with images and whatnot.
I owned the Icom PCR-1000 and used it as a "scanner" as well as an HF rig. Some folks don't like HF performance on a wideband of the HF spectrum, I found that with the PCR I enjoyed HF as well as my local frequencies that I monitored, it worked rather well for me.
My other question would also be on the discriminator output as well. We have some digital frequencies in the area and I would use the tap for decoding these signals. Is this possible?
Sorry to be asking these questions there just really is no reviews of the radio around.
Thanks in advance.
I seen this thread and started looking at this radio. The features of this radio look very impressive. I would like to ask a few questions if I may from those whom own this fine little rig.
My primary area of interest is the HF band. I do have an interest in "scanner" type frequencies as well. My first real question is how does it perform on HF? I have an outside antenna I would use and might be concerned with images and whatnot.
I owned the Icom PCR-1000 and used it as a "scanner" as well as an HF rig. Some folks don't like HF performance on a wideband of the HF spectrum, I found that with the PCR I enjoyed HF as well as my local frequencies that I monitored, it worked rather well for me.
My other question would also be on the discriminator output as well. We have some digital frequencies in the area and I would use the tap for decoding these signals. Is this possible?
Sorry to be asking these questions there just really is no reviews of the radio around.
Thanks in advance.
N8IAA
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I'm going to answer from experience. Small, wideband receivers, are just that. Widebanded. They do not have the selectivity of dedicated HF receivers. I used to have an Alinco DJ-X10. Outstanding on anything above 30MHz. Not selective enough below that range. My primary use was for milair frequencies in the 225-400MHz range. Performed great with the supplied dualband antenna. Now, the X10 was about four generations ago from the 11. Was very interested in this receiver last year. Same problem. No reviews of the radio anywhere
Was interested again in the VHF/UHF range for milair. JMTCW,
Larry
I'm going to answer from experience. Small, wideband receivers, are just that. Widebanded. They do not have the selectivity of dedicated HF receivers. I used to have an Alinco DJ-X10. Outstanding on anything above 30MHz. Not selective enough below that range. My primary use was for milair frequencies in the 225-400MHz range. Performed great with the supplied dualband antenna. Now, the X10 was about four generations ago from the 11. Was very interested in this receiver last year. Same problem. No reviews of the radio anywhere
JMTCW,
Larry
Thanks for the reply.
I actually read a review on a non-english site (thanks to Google translate) and in the review they said that HF worked wonderful as long as the attenuator was used on strong signals. I was interested in coming here to hear from people who owned the radio, hard to tell in a single random review if these people are on payroll and of course would have a biased opinion.
Many people said the PCR-1000 was no good on HF, I took the risk and got one anyway and it worked wonderful for me (maybe I got lucky somehow with a good reciever lol).
I know what you mean about the rep of wideband receivers. The features of this little rig are just so many to over look at really any price point and given the price? LOL great features!
I will hope someone with the radio will come along before I pull the trigger and get something else... Man if this thing is decent on HF it would make one heck of a deal!
Thanks again!
rbhtxk
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How the radio works for me
Just wanted to take a couple of minutes to tout what I have been doing with the radio and how it’s been working for me. Coming to grips that this is a communications receiver as apposed to a conventional scanner (which it does ok but is not it’s greatest strength) and that it is not capable of follwoing trunking or decoding digital modulation, has allowed me to just go have fun with it. I have taken it overseas, to SW Asia, and toured the southern US with it. I have just had a blast playing with it. It does a decent job of demodulating SSB signals (at least as well as some other portable radios) and it does fine at broadcast SW , AM and FM reception. What’s cool is being able to sit at a ball game and monitor the network broadcast of the game I’m watching, but also being able to hear VHF or UHF air comms from the nearby air ports on the Sub band. I use a solid BNC to SMA adapter (one with a big shoulder to support bigger antennas) as well as being able to plug 9 ft of wire (end fed) to help out with HF reception. There was a big opening on 6 meters yesterday, so while watching my kids ball game, I was able to listen in to 6 meter SSB and at the same time listen to the air traffic and local hams, until my kid came up to bat. Since it’s a pretty low profile radio and the battery lasts forever, I don’t get a lot of notice from other parents (or my wife) when I have the ear buds in. I use the cloning program from Alinco and the export/import feature with MS Excel for high speed programming/editing. So, I am enjoying the radio and having lots of fun with it, whereas my digital trunking scanners offer a completely different type of monitoring capability that overlap a little. But, GRE and Uniden can’t touch the SW broadcast, dual VFO, or SSB reception capabilities (yet).
Regards,
Just wanted to take a couple of minutes to tout what I have been doing with the radio and how it’s been working for me. Coming to grips that this is a communications receiver as apposed to a conventional scanner (which it does ok but is not it’s greatest strength) and that it is not capable of follwoing trunking or decoding digital modulation, has allowed me to just go have fun with it. I have taken it overseas, to SW Asia, and toured the southern US with it. I have just had a blast playing with it. It does a decent job of demodulating SSB signals (at least as well as some other portable radios) and it does fine at broadcast SW , AM and FM reception. What’s cool is being able to sit at a ball game and monitor the network broadcast of the game I’m watching, but also being able to hear VHF or UHF air comms from the nearby air ports on the Sub band. I use a solid BNC to SMA adapter (one with a big shoulder to support bigger antennas) as well as being able to plug 9 ft of wire (end fed) to help out with HF reception. There was a big opening on 6 meters yesterday, so while watching my kids ball game, I was able to listen in to 6 meter SSB and at the same time listen to the air traffic and local hams, until my kid came up to bat. Since it’s a pretty low profile radio and the battery lasts forever, I don’t get a lot of notice from other parents (or my wife) when I have the ear buds in. I use the cloning program from Alinco and the export/import feature with MS Excel for high speed programming/editing. So, I am enjoying the radio and having lots of fun with it, whereas my digital trunking scanners offer a completely different type of monitoring capability that overlap a little. But, GRE and Uniden can’t touch the SW broadcast, dual VFO, or SSB reception capabilities (yet).
Regards,
KS4JU
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I have been working on a review of the DJ-X11. I will just go ahead and say that this little radio is a "game changer" for this class of radio. It's nearest competitors are $200 to $400 more expensive. They maybe slightly better, but with brilliant inclusion of an IQ output, this mitigates a lot of the problems that you find with wideband radios. The IQ output when coupled with SDR software gives you access to better filtering and signal processing, giving you performance closer to a desktop receiver. My testing with the IQ outputs have been very positive. I suspect that the other manufacturers will have to play catch up.
However, I have run across a small issue that I would like other DJ-X11 owners to check that have the latest firmware installed to see if they experience the same thing. When receiving an 800MHz FM signal the radio starts to heterodyne at about 3/4 volume. At full volume it just squeals like a microphone feeding back. This can be mitigated by turning on the high and low cut filters at the expense of some volume. I am curious if its just me. Hopefully, this is something that can be mitigated with a firmware update. It's more of an annoyance than a deal breaker.
Thanks
However, I have run across a small issue that I would like other DJ-X11 owners to check that have the latest firmware installed to see if they experience the same thing. When receiving an 800MHz FM signal the radio starts to heterodyne at about 3/4 volume. At full volume it just squeals like a microphone feeding back. This can be mitigated by turning on the high and low cut filters at the expense of some volume. I am curious if its just me. Hopefully, this is something that can be mitigated with a firmware update. It's more of an annoyance than a deal breaker.
Thanks
KS4JU
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I'm going to answer from experience. Small, wideband receivers, are just that. Widebanded. They do not have the selectivity of dedicated HF receivers. I used to have an Alinco DJ-X10. Outstanding on anything above 30MHz. Not selective enough below that range. My primary use was for milair frequencies in the 225-400MHz range. Performed great with the supplied dualband antenna. Now, the X10 was about four generations ago from the 11. Was very interested in this receiver last year. Same problem. No reviews of the radio anywhere
JMTCW,
Larry
This is generally a very fair statement regarding most wideband receivers. You are always going to do better with a dedicated receiver for the band you want to monitor. The DJ-X11 is probably no different, but it does have an ace up its sleeve with the IQ output. I have connected the radio to a 20 meter dipole, which is a lot of antenna for this radio. I did not notice any front end overloading and the sensitivity is quite good on HF. However as is usually the case with the widebanders, if I have two SSB signals close by the stronger signal is going to wipe out the weaker SSB. Connect the IQ output and use the SDR software and the problem is solved. The SDR software gives you access to tighter filters and noise reduction that change the radios capabilities dramatically.
N8IAA
Member
I may be changing my mind about getting one of these radios. I want to do some dedicated listening in the aircraft bands, VHF and UHF. It does have a lot of memory, and I like the dual display. Thanks for all of you for your reviews.
Larry
Larry
I tried one of these for a short period of time. Neat radio, but I found the audio not to be to my liking. I thought it was very muddy and that there was a great deal of hash in the background of certain signals received. The IQ and discriminator out are nifty. I'd get one in a heartbeat if it had cleaner and louder audio.
eorange
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I was seriously considering a DJ-X11 a while back; its mission would have been an all-encompassing VHF/UHF/HF mil air receiver. In the end I didn't get it because not all freqs could be received on both bands, and the size was a little bigger than I had hoped. Plus I couldn't find that many hands-on reviews about performance and sound.
I did end up getting an Icom R6, which I have to say is an excellent performer on VHF and UHF mil air. It's as good as my former BR330T for mil air. Still have the VR-500 for SSB.
I did end up getting an Icom R6, which I have to say is an excellent performer on VHF and UHF mil air. It's as good as my former BR330T for mil air. Still have the VR-500 for SSB.
to KS4JU DJX11 review
I m waiting for your review .
sorry for bad english !!
question : what software did you use with IQ output . I tried with spectraview but can't work . ? Can you post settings eg : settings in ERW8 cable .
remark1 : One thing I found bad on this receiver , is :
When you scan with the search bank and you stop scanning on a specific frequency , we you restart , the scanner is re scaning from the low band frequency and doesn't resume from the frequency you stopped .
in VFO , it s working fine
remark 2 : in high speed scanning 100 channel/s , the scanner never stops except on very strong signals
remark 3 : uniden equivalent close call is bad
I m waiting for your review .
sorry for bad english !!
question : what software did you use with IQ output . I tried with spectraview but can't work . ? Can you post settings eg : settings in ERW8 cable .
remark1 : One thing I found bad on this receiver , is :
When you scan with the search bank and you stop scanning on a specific frequency , we you restart , the scanner is re scaning from the low band frequency and doesn't resume from the frequency you stopped .
in VFO , it s working fine
remark 2 : in high speed scanning 100 channel/s , the scanner never stops except on very strong signals
remark 3 : uniden equivalent close call is bad
Turbo68
Member
I had the Alinco DJ-X11 for 6 months performance is excellent on hf aero/utilities using a Wellbrook-ALA1530 active loop for vhf/uhf using a Icom-AH7000 discone 12 metres high been able to listen to aircraft from at least 450 km with excellent audio also moniterd public safety,shopping centres,trams overall performance is excellent for its size.
Regards Lino.
ALINCO DJ-X11,ALINCO DJ-X2000,AINCO DX-R8
AOR-8200MK3,AOR-8600MK2
GRE-PSR400,GRE-PSR500
GRUNDIG SATELLIT-750
ICOM-PCR1000,ICOM-PCR1500,ICOM-PCR2500,ICOM-R3,ICOMR20,ICOM-R75,ICOM-R8500,ICOM-RX7
KENWOOD-R600,KENWOOD TS-480SAT
PALSTAR-R30A
REALISTIC-PRO2035
TEN TEC-320D
UNIDEN-245,UNIDEN-396,UNIDEN-780
YAESU-VR500,YAESU-VX7R
Regards Lino.
ALINCO DJ-X11,ALINCO DJ-X2000,AINCO DX-R8
AOR-8200MK3,AOR-8600MK2
GRE-PSR400,GRE-PSR500
GRUNDIG SATELLIT-750
ICOM-PCR1000,ICOM-PCR1500,ICOM-PCR2500,ICOM-R3,ICOMR20,ICOM-R75,ICOM-R8500,ICOM-RX7
KENWOOD-R600,KENWOOD TS-480SAT
PALSTAR-R30A
REALISTIC-PRO2035
TEN TEC-320D
UNIDEN-245,UNIDEN-396,UNIDEN-780
YAESU-VR500,YAESU-VX7R
eorange
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carmelof, how you would compare the SSB receive to that of the VR-500? Is the selectivity any better, and does it SOUND good?
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