I bought a x5105 and it was just delivered. This is my first HF radio and I have yet to get my general.
I've been playing around with it a decent amount and I haven't been able to recieve any signals yet. So I have been trying to figure out how I can check it's functionality. I have tried tuning to some beacon stations, RTTY frequencies, etc., and have not heard anything yet.
I have a 16' random wire dipole center fed strung up on my patio... it's a concrete patio/deck about 10' up from street level and there's another smaller size deck above me. So it's definitely not ideal conditions for an antenna but at least it's outside with some decent sky exposure.
I have a CB radio and from a few feet away it seems like the audio gets through when I monitor that, although the audio quality is sketchy, and AM from 10' away is way different from USB so I'm not really convinced this means anything.
When I have the radio tune the antenna it is usually able to make an SWR around 1.2 or lower.
I'm hoping this is just because I'm around a lot of QRM but I'm a little nervous it might be busted. So I'm hoping there's something I can do to check relatively foolproofly that it's working?
Thanks
