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The Ugly One got his mits on one of these second hand a few weeks back, but unfortunately when fitted it turned out to be not working, There was no recognition of it from the PC via the software, and the main chip was getting hot. A quick e-mail to Andrei at Electronic Monkey, and several helpful replies later, it was agreed to send it back to him in Romania for analysis and repair - which the Ugly One duly did. Consider my surprise therefore, when just a few days later a brand new one arrived on my poop deck ! Andrei hadn't even waited til the faulty one got there, before sending me a new working one ! THAT IS CUSTOMER SERVICE ! A big thanks to Electronic Monkey :)

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Fitting it was ridiculously simple... and I bunged it into my Grant just for the fun of it. Currently programmed with the sound of a cuckoo clock, you can imagine Fred (21HP133) in Sweden's surprise when answering him on some skip a few minutes later ;) Had a great QSO on UK21 FM, and the mad cuckoo bleep came up in the conversation! :lol: :lol: :lol:
These boards come with a number of features, including compression, echo, and of course the programmable .wav file roger beep. There's hundreds of ready made .wav files to choose from... or you can make your own with the editing software on the disc.
Anyway.... thought you lot might like to know how I got on fitting it, and also to give Andrei a massive thumbs up for after care and customer service. In a time when many suppliers are being a bit rough with their customers, Electronic Monkey went the extra mile.

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ok I'm interested. How much are they new Ugs?
I've always liked the idea of a sonar blip as a bleep. something like the 'Seaview' used to make from 'the voyage to the bottom of the sea'
I bet that would sound pretty cool on ch19.
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wheel bender wrote:ok I'm interested. How much are they new Ugs?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280754203958? ... 1423.l2649

Yeah... sonar beep... nice one ! :lol:
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Thanks Ugs, I'll put it on my maybe list. If you had a sonar ping as a bleep, would you be able to tell where a signal was coming from?
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Record someone else shouting 1-9 a roger and make that into the bleep lol.

That should confuse a few lol
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I like it, I've never wired a bleep up before but looks straight forward enough, but which rig would I choose?
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i saw this one advertised on ebay..
hope you messaged the seller and gave him a 'what for' IIRC he had the 'no returns it works' clause.
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I have tried to emulate the NASA beep on and off over the years (not a lifetime ambition but something that recurs every five years or so), and never got it right, got close, but it always lacked that 'je ne sais quoi', this could be the jobby, and their customer service is duly noted.
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sec1223 wrote:Record someone else shouting 1-9 a roger and make that into the bleep lol.

That should confuse a few lol
That was done to death round here when the Sadelta mic came out, The one with the button for record and playback, Theres someone round here who still got one and keeps playing bloody popeye.
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The NASA Apollo bleep is the daddy.
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koberk wrote:The NASA Apollo bleep is the daddy.
Want.
The Quindar tone does sound great all right. Cool job that board, I've seen them on YouTube videos a few times
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Arent those SMT components I see? Sacrilege. :shock:

Quindar tones are easy - Just programme 2450 or 2550 Hz for 250 ms into your Anytone / KPO / MAAS, etc and job done!
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Windy_Miller wrote:Arent those SMT components I see? Sacrilege. :shock:
I know... In a classic 'olde school' radio...it's a disgrace... but what's a boy supposed to do when he really needs a "typewriter return noise" for a roger beep ? ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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UGLY_BOB wrote:
Windy_Miller wrote:Arent those SMT components I see? Sacrilege. :shock:
I know... In a classic 'olde school' radio...it's a disgrace... but what's a boy supposed to do when he really needs a "typewriter return noise" for a roger beep ? ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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sureshot wrote:What do you want to put that bit of old tat in a nice radio for, vandal. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
To amuse the locals and befuddle the DX. :lol: :lol: :lol:
It's good to hear a Swede **** himself, as poor old 'CBer' Fred 21TM133 did ! And Josua from Valencia 30SD171 may not speak much English but he knew how to say 'Boing!' :lol: :lol: :lol:
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