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I purchased your APT-2CP turnstile antenna and it works great
with crystal clear reception. I am in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, and we took the direct hit with Hurricane Katrina.
The antenna made it through the storm without any damage.
We had 12 hours of hurricane force winds and I recorded on my
own gear 138mph sustained. The 10 foot pole which the antenna
was on has a slight bend. That will give you an idea of the
force of the winds. The house I was in barely survived but the
neighborhood was demolished from wind and downed trees. I just
thought you might like to know just how good that antenna
is!...Bob Pullman; Petal, MS
Thought you would like another testimonial about the R139.
The R139 is the best WEFAX Receiver for the money on the market
today! It' simple but robust design has given me years of
pleasure. I run the APT-2CP mounted at 25ft with
WXTOIMG software. The pictures are just amazing! Thanks
for a GREAT product!...Tim, N8DUY
II have installed your 137MHz preamp and preselector onto our
NOAA APT receiver at http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~map/weather/
and I'm pleased to report that the picture quality has improved
from generally reasonable... to generally excellent! Good gear
mate. So good in fact, that my boss wants me to install another
set permanently onto this receiver (I will be shipping the
present preamp + preselector to Thailand shortly). In
addition, a friend of mine would like an additional preselector,
and I'll also grab one for myself. ...Andre, New
South Wales
I recently purchased the R139 Satellite receiver and ATP-2CP
Turnstile Antenna. very impressive. I set up the
system in my truck and went to a beach near my home on Cape Cod.
the attached pic is the result. keep up the good work!
...Jim KC1KM Harwichport, MA
I recently purchased R139 from you through my cousin in the
US. I am extremely pleased with the receiver. When I tried
it the very first time on NOAA 18 today, not only did it
work flawlessly, it COMPLETELY OUTPERFORMED MY FT-817. Very
well designed indeed. ...Rajesh Kannan, Chennai (Madras),
India
I removed the 137.85MHz crystal and installed the
137.9125MHz crystal only five minutes before a NOAA-18 pass.
I tuned the osc frequency on-the-fly and got an almost
perfect picture. I'm really impressed with the R139
receiver! Thanks for the great project.
...John Engel, WA0LPV; East Grand Forks, MN
Just bought a R139 from you last week. I couldn't be more
pleased with the quality and sensitivity of the radio. I ordered
it Tuesday and received it Thursday. Horizon to horizon noise
free pics with no preamp and my 2 meter cross yagi. ...Mike
Penkas, WA8EBM
Thanks very much for the speedy service. I tried out the
receiver yesterday with a 2M Yagi. Wow! The improvement over my
Radio Shack scanner was amazing. Great image of hurricane Alex
out in the Atlantic. Thanks again for an excellent product at a
fair price. ... Bob Sandness; King City, Ontario, Canada
Just to let you know that my rcvr arrived Monday, and I have
been having a blast with it ever since. It works fine and I am
getting some pretty awesome images with it. Thanks!
...Les Vaughn; McLeansboro, IL
I recently ordered one of your R139 receiver kits. It
was very easy to assemble (a six year old boy did some of the
soldering for me) and didn't take very long to complete.
The satellite pictures I have been receiving are excellent even
with an indoor antenna. The radio is every bit as good (if
not better) than the QST reviews. Thanks for making such a
fine kit available.... Jody Savell, WA5NAS
I built the R-139 kit yesterday, and wow...it makes my Icom
PCR-1000 look like a toy for this application. Great S/N
ratio and almost noiseless faxes a few degrees above the
horizon. Thanks for a well-engineered, nice performing sat
receiver. Sure you can quote me. I'm enthusiastic about
the R139. Have been trying to work up the courage to build one
for a couple of years now, and glad I finally did. The tune-up
instructions were great and everything just fell into place.
...Bill Reid, WA4KBD; Muscle Shoals, AL
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R139 receiver is excellent. I was also surprised at the speed at
which you got it to me. I ordered the receiver wired and
tested on Monday, and it was here on Thursday. I'm getting
excellent pictures, even with my 2 meter vertical antenna.
Thanks. ... Clint Parrish, KC9S; Sullivan, IL I connected a
simple antenna to Hamtronics R139 for weather image capture.
R139 is wonderful weather fax receiver. Very, very
sensitive reception; no preamp, and no add other equipment.
My location is east Kalimantan. You can look at the
picture with yellow cross. That is Bontang, Indonesia.
Click photo to see larger image.... Untung Suharto
I received the unit the day before Halloween and its been in
daily use since then. I am very pleased with the
performance of the unit. Even with the poor light conditions
of this time of year, the results have far exceeded my
expectations. The night images really look great.
... John Manter
The R139 Weather Fax Receiver is the Number 1 Receiver that I
would recommend to anyone who wants to work with weather
satellite imaging. ..... M. Foster
I was surprised that R139 has great performance. No
Interference from orbcom and good bandwidth !! I'm
satisfied with that performance. I hope that you keep
making a good product.... Kazuhito Jonouchi / JS1BTL
It has been over 10 years since I first set up a low orbit
receiving set up. I purchased an LNY-137, LNK-137, and LNP-137
from you folks in the past two weeks. It removed much intermod
from satellite receiver IF leakage. There are four such dishes
within 30ft of (my antenna). Thought I would never get rid of
the noise. The LNP-137 did away with all visible interference
and there was a great deal of it to lose. The downloaded pics
were trashed with vertical lines. They are no more with the
simple addition of the LNP. I cannot recommend this unit too
much. The gain of the unit just takes out the intermod and
signal loss of the post processing. Very happy camper. Thanks
much for everything including the fast order filling and
delivery. ... Gerry Rolle
I have your R139 APT receiver which I built from a kit about
2 years ago for my wife, who is a former Air Force
meteorologist. It's worked flawlessly, running 24/7 with WxToImg
software, registered version. Antenna is a Woodhouse
turnstile 30 feet above a one story roof, fed with 75 feet of
RG-8x. We upload captured images from your receiver
here as part of a club effort. Images vary, of course, depending
on the angle of the pass. Many are very impressive. Thanks for many
years of support, and a super level of usefulness and enjoyment
from many of your products. ... Steve WA3SWS
Just a note of complete satisfaction on the R139 Weather
Satellite Receiver. The combination of this receiver and the
wxtoimg sound card software, I am getting near HRPT quality
pictures. This receiver also outperforms some high ended
commercial grade 137 MHz receivers as well.... Jeff, K7XQ;
Atwater, CA.
I bought your R139 Sat receiver kit a few weeks ago. Just
wanted to let you know that I am very happy with it. I am
getting beautiful pictures and having a lot of fun. It is a very
educational hobby.... Jim Pesavento, KQ4RI
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