If you live in the UK and have been waiting for the arrival of the lab599 Discovery TX-500 transceiver, this is a positive development: Lab599 have informed me that Nevada Radio will be the exclusive distributor of the TX-500 in the UK. In addition, Waters and Stanton will be a TX-500 dealer and distrubutor. The price will […]
Last year, I was lucky enough to obtain a lab599 Discovery TX-500 QRP transceiver to review for The Spectrum Monitor and the SWLing Post. I could only keep the TX-500 for a one week evaluation period because it was one of only two or three pre-production units in the US–one was being evaluated for FCC approval. […]
The following review of the TX-500 was first published in the October 2020 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine. Last year, a company out of Russia started dropping hints about a QRP transceiver they were developing called the Discovery TX-500. The prototype photos looked like nothing else on the market: it was unusually thin––only 30mm […]
I’ve gotten a number of inquiries regarding my lab599 TX-500 review. It is featured in the current (October 2020) issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine: As you can see from the cover, there are a number of fascinating articles in this issue (click here for a list of all topics in this issue). You can […]
So the lab599 Discovery TX-500 I’ve been testing the past week has been sent to Ham Radio Outlet. Over the course of one week, I activated eight parks with this QRP transceiver and if I’m being honest, I miss it already. It’s an awfully fun and incredibly robust field radio. On my last outing with […]
I shipped the lab599 Discovery TX-500 I’ve been evaluating to HRO yesterday. I’ve had it on the air now for a week with intense use. I’ve activated a total of 8 parks in 7 days–via the Parks On The Air program. I’ve operated CW, SSB, and spent time listening to HF broadcasts. I’ve gotten a […]
The lab599 TX-500 Discovery is a general coverage transceiver with AM mode, which means it can do double-duty as a shortwave receiver. If you’ve been following previous TX-500 posts, you’ve seen me take this near military-grade portable transceiver to the field. I’ve activated a total of 6 parks in 6 days with it and it’s […]