LW radio ferret finder

[oakey 57]

Just watched a video on you tube where someone claims to use a LW radio to pick up a mk1 collar ? I've put it into the search box on here and nothings come up i feel sure if it was right it would be on here first ?

[masmiffy 82]

Just watched a video on you tube where someone claims to use a LW radio to pick up a mk1 collar ? I've put it into the search box on here and nothings come up i feel sure if it was right it would be on here first ?

 

I was told by someone a few years back that he knew a chap who had used a radio but think its SW you need.

He said you tune the radio in to the collar frequency and use the vol control to do locate / depth.

He assured me it was possible

[stewie 3,387]

might be possible but why bother??

[oakey 57]

might be possible but why bother??

because a small radio is a lot less money than a knocker box

[paulus 26]

Just watched a video on you tube where someone claims to use a LW radio to pick up a mk1 collar ? I've put it into the search box on here and nothings come up i feel sure if it was right it would be on here first ?

 

I was told by someone a few years back that he knew a chap who had used a radio but think its SW you need.

He said you tune the radio in to the collar frequency and use the vol control to do locate / depth.

He assured me it was possible

if you turn the volume down it will just turn the volume down how the hech will that tell you the depth you can turn it up and down at any height :laugh:

[rob190364 2,594]

Just watched a video on you tube where someone claims to use a LW radio to pick up a mk1 collar ? I've put it into the search box on here and nothings come up i feel sure if it was right it would be on here first ?

 

I was told by someone a few years back that he knew a chap who had used a radio but think its SW you need.

He said you tune the radio in to the collar frequency and use the vol control to do locate / depth.

He assured me it was possible

if you turn the volume down it will just turn the volume down how the hech will that tell you the depth you can turn it up and down at any height :laugh:

brilliant!! :laugh:

[rob190364 2,594]

might be possible but why bother??

because a small radio is a lot less money than a knocker box

well make sure you get a little radio bud, you'd look like a right cock with a massive great hifi in the field

[rob190364 2,594]

joking aside, I just can't understand why someone who knows a bit about electrics hasn't knocked up a cheap alternative to debens ferret finder, they'd make a fortune and I can't believe it'd be that difficult if you knew what you were doing! wierd!

[Rake aboot 4,936]

I tried it, but ll I got was the ferret singing BeeGee songs !

[Born Hunter 17,960]

I would think that the dial on the side is just some sort of amplitude (volume) discriminator instead of a volume control in the literal sense.

 

As for why someone hasn't produced a market competitor to the deben stuff, I'm guessing that it can't be done for that much cheaper in reality and the market just isn't there to make a decent amount from the initial investment.

[rob190364 2,594]

I tried it, but ll I got was the ferret singing BeeGee songs !

can just imagine rake jiving to a bit of stayin alive in a muddy field in the middle of january

[rob190364 2,594]

I would think that the dial on the side is just some sort of amplitude (volume) discriminator instead of a volume control in the literal sense.

 

As for why someone hasn't produced a market competitor to the deben stuff, I'm guessing that it can't be done for that much cheaper in reality and the market just isn't there to make a decent amount from the initial investment.

yeah I don't mean a company, I mean just jo bloggs in his shed with a few radio components (or whatever)?

[TOMO 29,314]

mate of mine had one 20 year back,, just a little hand held transitor radio,, it worked just like the grey box,,, but as was said why bother,, especialy for my mate as he owned a box anway,,, mind you hes the tightest fecker you could meet