Ext 10MHz for Hameg HM8021

For a long time I wanted to calibrate the Hameg 8021-2 to my external 10MHz GPSDO. But, unfortunately, the crystal oven is not very stable. My thought was, why calibrate if you can use the back BNC connector to feed the external 10MHz signal from the GPSDO? So, this was an easy task. Find the internal 10MHz, disconnect it, connect to rear via 1nF capacitor. Done ;)

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Panasonic RF-P50 Page

The Panasonic RF-P50 is a small portable/pocket AM/FM radio, with telescopic antenna and a bar antenna inside. It has somehow good sensitivity and selectivity on AM, also tuning is very precise and smooth. Beware: there is RF-P50D (with D at the end) version of the radio, but it’s the DSP version of it. Does not tune smoothly, and the RX is not as good as it can be in analog mode.

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